Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans…

Hundreds of years ago, haunting bugle-like calls echoed through these hills and valleys. The sounds were made by bull elk to attract mates and fend… This cont

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American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

funeral of the British princess Diana

punctuation marks used to begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences (or clauses)

SS officer; aid to Nazi resistance (1905–1945)

This study contains information on the occurrence of agenesis of one to four third molars among the population and ethnic groups of Europe, North America, Africa and Asia (Japan), based on the results of investigations carried out by dozens of authors. Recent…

Cornell University Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center or Cornell Dairy is about a 25-minute drive from Cornell University's Ithaca, New York campus and is home to over 900 milk-producing cows. The milk is used to make various signature products, including…

Ever since a 71-year-old Brazilian man rescued this penguin, he's regularly travelled to his beach visit the man.

Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.

Sea urchins or urchins (/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/) are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft; 2,700 fathoms). Their…

Icelandic actor and athlete

spinel, high-pressure modification of olivin, nesosilicate mineral

Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova is banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and is stripped of her London 2012 1500m silver medal for doping.

How much fuel does the Boeing 747 jumbo jet burn on a flight from London to New York? How much does this fuel cost per passenger?

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

At this speed, you could download 12,500 movies in about a second, researchers say.

The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). It is native to North America and has been introduced in South America (Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland and Karelia).…

Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)