On 17 February 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev jotted down the symbols for the chemical elements, putting them in order according to their atomic weights and inventing the periodic table. He ...

The Turtle Back Zoo this year joined the relatively few U.S. zoos — perhaps a dozen or fewer among the 250 accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums — that routinely give the public a view ...

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina's barrier islands with strong winds and waves last week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out to ...

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