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Ivory-billed woodpecker granted 6-month reprieve from extinction list

July 12, 2022266 Views

The ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that few if any living bird watchers have ever seen, has been given a six-month reprieve from being placed on the U.S. government's extinct list, even though the last confirmed sighting was nearly eight decades ago. Last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service put the bird - the largest known U.S. woodpecker - on the list for consideration as an extinct species, bumping it from the critically endangered list. The declaration would mean that the animal no longer has any any legal protection it had as an endangered species. The ivory-billed woodpecker, feared extinct for 60 years, was seen in a remote part of Arkansas, ornithologists said on April 28, 2005. REUTERS The move raised an outcry among birdwatchers who asked to the agency to hold o...

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Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias

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July 11, 2022898 Views

A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working in difficult terrain Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town as the U.S. weathers another very active year for fires. Campers and residents near the blaze were evacuated but the rest of the sprawling park in California remained open, though heavy smoke obscured scenic vistas and created unhealthy air quality. “Today it’s actually the smokiest that we’ve seen,” Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson, said Sunday. “Up until this morning, the park has not been in that unhealthy category, but that is where we are now.” A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn Fire burns in Mariposa Gr...

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Beyond buffets and slots: Casinos double down on fine art

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July 11, 2022215 Views

The Louvre, The Museum of Modern Art and ... the Hard Rock? Hoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries or exhibitions to bring in new business from customers who might not otherwise visit a gambling hall. In the process, they are helping not only broaden their own customer bases, but are also putting new eyeballs in front of some of the world’s great works of art. Spectators view an image from the "Beyond Van Gogh" exhibit at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) One such effort began Friday at Atlantic City’s Hard Rock casino, where the highly acclaimed “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” exhibit opened. The 30,000-square-foot display us...

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Explosion rocks Georgia Guidestones, dubbed ‘America’s Stonehenge’

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July 7, 2022171 Views

A peculiar granite monument that some have dubbed "America's Stonehenge" but a conservative politician condemned as "Satanic" was torn down on Wednesday by authorities in rural Georgia hours after it was heavily damaged in a bombing by vandals. Investigators from several law enforcement agencies converged on the site 100 miles (161 km) east of Atlanta seeking clues to the pre-dawn explosion that blew a portion of the 42-year-old monument, called the Georgia Guidestones, to pieces. Rubble is cast around the Georgia Guidestones after an explosion in Elberton, Georgia, U.S., July 6, 2022 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate WSB-TV via REUTERS The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) later posted on its official Twitter feed a video clip of the blast caught on surveillance cam...

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76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned

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July 6, 2022280 Views

The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said. A Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton, the first to be offered at auction, at Sotheby's New York, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. It predated its relative the Tyrannosaurus rex by 10 million years. The specimen being sold was discovered in 2018 in the Judith River Formation near Havre, Montana, Sotheby’s said. It measures nearly 10 feet (3 meters) t...

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July 4th: Top 10 viewpoint hotspots to watch the fireworks

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July 2, 2022866 Views

Americans will be celebrating this weekend as US approach 4th July, with residents and tourists across the United States on the hunt for the best hotspots which offer the best views of the fireworks. But where is best to soak up the atmosphere from above the clouds? To help you decide where to take in the views, Wellness & Relaxation specialists at CFAH.org have revealed 10 of the best viewpoints across major US cities so you can enjoy the July 4th celebrations in style and catch the best glimpse of firework displays. Key points of interest: # New York is the most popular destination to watch the July 4th fireworks boasting 4 of America’s most popular viewing platforms # You’ll find 2 popular viewpoints in Los Angeles - Getty Center & OUE Skyspace LA # With m...

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Enjoy the rich music legacy of Virginia this vacation

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June 30, 2022768 Views

Listen to the Beat of the Commonwealth’s Rich Music Scene While You Plan Your Music Lovers’ Holiday for 2022 and Beyond Virginia’s musical legacy is as deep and wide as its rivers and valleys. Many big names in the music industry got their start in Virginia, and the musical genres that originated in the Commonwealth - which still thrive today - are as robust as they are varied. A vacation in Virginia promises plenty of musical high notes, guaranteed to keep you dancing to the beat. Before we start our musical journey, let’s set the mood with our Virginia Spotify playlist on shuffle, as research for your trip, of course. Now toe tap your way down to Bristol, in Southwest Virginia, the official Birthplace of Country Music thanks to a bill passed by the U.S. Congress ...

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Explorers find WWII Navy destroyer, deepest wreck discovered

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June 27, 2022204 Views

A U.S. Navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers. The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the “Sammy B,” was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,985 meters (22,916 feet). That puts it 426 meters (1,400 feet) deeper than the USS Johnston, the previous deepest wreck discovered last year in the Philippine Sea also by American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of Dallas-based Caladan Oceanic Expeditions. He announced the latest find together with U.K.-based EYOS Expeditions. In this Wednesday, June 22, 2022, image provided by Caladan Oceanic, the three-tube torpedo launcher that was part of the USS Sa...

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Hollywood collides with the Art World

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June 26, 2022857 Views

Bonnie Lautenberg series on view now at the Boca Raton Museum of Art The new exhibition “Art Meets Hollywood” is the museum premiere of Bonnie Lautenberg’s new series of digital collages, 28 diptychs pairing scenes from famous films alongside iconic works of art. Lautenberg’s only rule for her experimental process is that both the film and the artwork originated within the same year. On view now at Boca Raton Museum of Art (Boca Raton, Florida, US), Lautenberg channels the creative zeitgeist between filmmakers and artists during each year that she intuitively chronicles, starting in 1928 up until 2020. Lautenberg plays matchmaker to the 1957 movie Funny Face by combining Audrey Hepburn’s bold pose with Clifford Still’s painting PH971--both majestic, and both glamorous. When...

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Cuba zookeepers celebrate birth of rare baby white rhino

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June 25, 2022210 Views

The zookeepers at Cuba's National Zoo are especially proud of Ale, a pudgy, gray-brown baby white rhinoceros born earlier this month on the outskirts of capital Havana. For starters, he's cute. Baby rhinos look similar to adults, but have a stub in place of the horn and thus, are more docile in appearance. A newly-born white rhinoceros follows its mother (not pictured) at the National Zoo in Havana, Cuba, June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini But the white rhino is also a threatened species, and zoos the world across have been asked to reproduce them in captivity in the hope of creating a gene bank that will help preserve the species should it go extinct in the wild. "It is a great privilege for us to be able to contribute to the rescue of a species as threatened as the w...