Help is on the Way for Snakebite Victims
Researchers have developed a way to identify the species of snake through a DNA swab of the bite, without killing it.
Driving the Evolution of Cliff Swallows
Charles R. Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown have been studying cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) in southwestern Nebraska since the early 1980s.
When Unions Fought for the Environment
In a 1998 paper in Environmental History, Scott Dewey argues that unions were a key force for the emerging cause of environmentalism in the 1950s and '60s.
J. R. R. Tolkien the Philologist
Before The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien was a philologist, a specialist in historical texts.
Happy Birthday, Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany.
How The Near Extinction of Indian Vultures Led to Disaster
The populations of the nine species of Indian vultures began to plummet in the 1990s
The Anglo-American Relationship: Not Always So Special
The "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom followed a very long century of special enmity.
Baby Sea Turtles and the “Lost Year”
Scientists have a way to follow baby sea turtles during their frantic first hours of life.
Guglielmo Marconi and the Birth of Radio
Guglielmo Marconi successfully made the first transatlantic radio transmission on December 12, 1901.