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Ancient river channels beneath the Atlantic

Scientists Map Hidden Ancient River Systems Ben...

Donna Recor

Arthur follows a remarkable discovery beneath the U.S. East Coast, where scientists have mapped hidden ancient river channels buried below the Atlantic seafloor. These drowned landscapes help explain how sediment...

Scientists Map Hidden Ancient River Systems Ben...

Donna Recor

Arthur follows a remarkable discovery beneath the U.S. East Coast, where scientists have mapped hidden ancient river channels buried below the Atlantic seafloor. These drowned landscapes help explain how sediment...

Dapper shark overlooking a swirling sediment plume off the Florida coast

I Watched Tomorrow’s Fossils Rise Off Florida

Donna Recor

Arthur recounts the day a vast pale plume rose off Florida’s coast after a fierce Arctic blast, revealing shells, coral, and carbonate mud in motion—the raw ingredients of tomorrow’s limestone...

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I Watched Tomorrow’s Fossils Rise Off Florida

Donna Recor

Arthur recounts the day a vast pale plume rose off Florida’s coast after a fierce Arctic blast, revealing shells, coral, and carbonate mud in motion—the raw ingredients of tomorrow’s limestone...

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Scout’s First Adventure: The Diamond Field in Arkansas

Scout’s First Adventure: The Diamond Field in A...

Donna Recor

The first time Scout the Jackalope reached the diamond field in Arkansas, the earth looked plain enough to fool most travelers. That, of course, is exactly the sort of place...

Scout’s First Adventure: The Diamond Field in A...

Donna Recor

The first time Scout the Jackalope reached the diamond field in Arkansas, the earth looked plain enough to fool most travelers. That, of course, is exactly the sort of place...

The Ocean’s Living Glass

The Ocean’s Living Glass

Donna Recor

Giant glass sponges that may live for thousands of years — and the real ocean lesson is the deep sea measures time in epochs, not seasons.

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The Ocean’s Living Glass

Donna Recor

Giant glass sponges that may live for thousands of years — and the real ocean lesson is the deep sea measures time in epochs, not seasons.

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Scout on a long open highway

I Followed America’s Dinosaur Footprints From M...

Donna Recor

Scout follows America’s dinosaur footprints from Massachusetts to Utah and discovers that dinosaur country is not just out West. From historic New England track sites to Texas riverbeds and famous...

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I Followed America’s Dinosaur Footprints From M...

Donna Recor

Scout follows America’s dinosaur footprints from Massachusetts to Utah and discovers that dinosaur country is not just out West. From historic New England track sites to Texas riverbeds and famous...

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Scout the Jackalope: The Little Legend of the Open West

Scout the Jackalope: The Little Legend of the O...

Donna Recor

Out where the mesas glow amber at sundown, Scout the Jackalope roams the open West — a small, bright-eyed legend with antlers, a red scarf, and a satchel full of...

Scout the Jackalope: The Little Legend of the O...

Donna Recor

Out where the mesas glow amber at sundown, Scout the Jackalope roams the open West — a small, bright-eyed legend with antlers, a red scarf, and a satchel full of...