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Creepy crawlies drop by library
15+ hour, 8+ min ago (75+ words) White County News Creepy crawlies drop by library Read the full story What are your plans for the summer? - Two injured after vintage aircraft crashes in White County field - WWII veteran, French woman reconnect 80 years after liberation of Lorient - Search…...
Paul Nicklen Shares 30 Years of Incredible Wildlife Photography in New Book
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (138+ words) The volume opens with an introduction written from the perspective of "Mother Earth," establishing a tone that acknowledges both the planet's beauty and its vulnerability. "This is, after all, your home," Nicklen writes. "Your one, wild, irreplaceable home. Come back…...
Darwin's Story Isn't as Simple as It Seems
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (478+ words) This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors" weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. This week, I learned that Charles Darwin didn"t exactly come up with the theory of evolution by…...
Radio Book Club: Naming Nature: A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities for Word Lovers
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (137+ words) 10: 00 pm - 12: 00 am 12: 00 am - 3: 00 am Radio Book Club: Naming Nature: A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities for Word Lovers Maeve Conran This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Listen to our special podcast Afterhours at the Radio Book…...
Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (274+ words) The New Scientist Book Club's read for June was Richard Dawkins's "gene's-eye view" of evolution, which turns 50 this year. Here's'what we made of it The New Scientist Book Club read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins in June The'New Scientist…...
History Books Really Glossed Over Some Crazy Prehistoric Events
1+ week, 3+ day ago (35+ words) History Books Really Glossed Over Some Crazy Prehistoric Stuff A Look At Moments In Earth's Past That Sound Made Up When it comes to our planet's history, we grew up thinking: dinosaurs, more "...
Ichthyology meets "Through the Looking Glass," in pen and ink
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1132+ words) Milton Love and Jessica Eggers' new book blends fish biology with a heavy dose of gonzo humor image: With its fantastical illustrations and offbeat humor, "Gonzo Ichthyology" leads readers through topics in fish biology and other flights of fancy. view…...
A Student Discovered His Father's Lost Notebooks'and Unlocked a 55-Million-Year-Old Fossil Mystery
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (20+ words) A mummified fossil fish was forgotten in a university basement until a son's chance discovery brought it back to science....
The Nautilus Reading List of Books on Evolution
2+ week, 1+ day ago (366+ words) Life sure has been some crazy journey 1: 00 PM CDT on June 16, 2026 Well, how did I get here?" That's a very good question, David Byrne. Lucky for you and Talking Heads fans old and new, Nautilus is here with 10 books that…...
Something
2+ week, 2+ day ago (179+ words) I left feeling colours, storms, rains amongst my brothers, singing with closed mouths, a hum of silence, a last hymn, lasting in perpetual devotion, dreaming of the how, you did on your exam, you went on without we, being a…...