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Fossils beneath the Antarctic snow

They Find Fossils in Antarctica

Donna Recor

Antarctica may be ice today, but its fossil record tells a radically different story. Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient forests, vertebrates, marine life, and even a frog on the...

They Find Fossils in Antarctica

Donna Recor

Antarctica may be ice today, but its fossil record tells a radically different story. Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient forests, vertebrates, marine life, and even a frog on the...

Point Park sign at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee

Point Park: Where Chattanooga’s View Meets Civi...

Donna Recor

Scout takes readers high above Chattanooga to Point Park, where dramatic views, mountain cliffs, old cannon positions, and Civil War memory still meet on the edge of Lookout Mountain.

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Point Park: Where Chattanooga’s View Meets Civi...

Donna Recor

Scout takes readers high above Chattanooga to Point Park, where dramatic views, mountain cliffs, old cannon positions, and Civil War memory still meet on the edge of Lookout Mountain.

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The World’s Oldest Octopus Was Never an Octopus at All

The World’s Oldest Octopus Was Never an Octopus...

Donna Recor

For years, one famous fossil held the title of the world’s oldest octopus. Now, new imaging shows the creature was misidentified all along. Instead of an ancient octopus, researchers say...

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The World’s Oldest Octopus Was Never an Octopus...

Donna Recor

For years, one famous fossil held the title of the world’s oldest octopus. Now, new imaging shows the creature was misidentified all along. Instead of an ancient octopus, researchers say...

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NASA Orion spacecraft flying past the Moon during the Artemis II mission

Artemis II Comes Home After a Historic Moon Flyby

Donna Recor

Artemis II is on its way home after a historic crewed Moon flyby that set a new human distance record and moved NASA one step closer to its next lunar...

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Artemis II Comes Home After a Historic Moon Flyby

Donna Recor

Artemis II is on its way home after a historic crewed Moon flyby that set a new human distance record and moved NASA one step closer to its next lunar...

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A Florida beach warning sign with ocean in the background A dramatic Gulf Coast shoreline with ominous blue/purple tones hinting at danger

Spring Sting: Why the Portuguese Man o’ War Is ...

Donna Recor

The Portuguese man o’ war is back in the headlines as beach warnings rise along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why this beautiful but dangerous drifter keeps making news.

Spring Sting: Why the Portuguese Man o’ War Is ...

Donna Recor

The Portuguese man o’ war is back in the headlines as beach warnings rise along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why this beautiful but dangerous drifter keeps making news.

How Easter Became the Easter Bunny

How Easter Became the Easter Bunny

Donna Recor

Easter began as Christianity’s celebration of the Resurrection, but over time spring eggs, German folk traditions, and the Easter hare turned into one of the holiday’s most recognizable symbols: the...

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How Easter Became the Easter Bunny

Donna Recor

Easter began as Christianity’s celebration of the Resurrection, but over time spring eggs, German folk traditions, and the Easter hare turned into one of the holiday’s most recognizable symbols: the...

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