If you have yet to encounter a swarm of bees, it’s best to know beforehand what to do in case you experience an initial feeling of panic. First, what is a swarm of honeybees? Honeybee colonies reproduce by swarming, a process where about one third to one half of the workers in a colony leave […]
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards devised one of the greatest dictums in American political history: “The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy,” to which we must now add, “or a dog I shot.” […]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has a new book coming out. The Guardian published some excerpts from her forthcoming biography. One excerpt is causing a stir. Jazz wrote about it and if you haven’t read his post, I encourage you to do so. It’s an eye-opener. Noem writes about killing a 14-month-old puppy. And a […]
Officer, arrest that bug! That’s the situation facing Lee Foster, the Sheriff of Newberry County in South Carolina now that the first of this year’s two mammoth broods of cicadas are starting to tell the world they have arrived. “Some people think it might be some kind of industrial machine running. Some people think it’s […]
A disease not seen in Utah for seven years is being blamed for the recent deaths of nine beavers in three counties across the state. Between March 23 and April 10, the nine beavers were found in four locations across Summit, Wasatch and Utah counties, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources posted on its website. […]
A group of self-obsessed people in North Carolina were one mama bear away from learning that bear cubs are not there for the amusement of people who want selfies. On Tuesday, a group of people near an apartment complex in Buncombe County hauled two bear cubs out of a tree, held onto one long enough […]
Say hello to your little friend, even if your friend happens to be a bee or a wasp. They might just understand what you’re saying, at least according to one group of scientists who recently signed the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness. They have spent years studying what they refer to as animal cognition, […]
Like reading a news story about a person getting scurvy, hearing about a modern metropolis getting beset by rat-borne illnesses almost seems like getting thrown back in time to the Dark Ages. But, no, this time it was not a problem afflicting an impoverished medieval village, but rather one of the largest cities in the […]
Residents of Butte, Montana, experienced something they probably never would have expected on Tuesday. An adult female elephant escaped from its holding area on the grounds of the traveling Jordan World Circus. The massive creature began walking through the community, leaving witnesses in disbelief. A handler attempted to corral the massive animal, with seemingly limited […]
Dairy herds in eight states have been affected by bird flu as the virus spreads. As of Friday, 26 dairy herds in Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and South Dakota have been affected, according to The Associated Press. Health officials said consumers should not push the panic button. “At this time, […]
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