Extreme Weather in Boston
BOSTON — A heat wave that spread from the Midwest to the Northeast tormented millions of people with blasts of 100-degree temperatures and bog-like humidity as blackouts struck neighborhoods and deaths were blamed on the hot weather. Boston’s thermometers had not seen 103 degrees on a July 22 since 1926. Boston Emergency Medical More...
HOW TO TRAIN A DOG TO FIND TRUFFLES
What are truffles? A truffle is the fruiting body of an underground mushroom; spore dispersal is accomplished through fungivores, animals that eat fungi. Almost all truffles are ectomycorrhizaland More...
what does Hogchoker mean
Information on the Hogchoker fish from the Chesapeake Bay Program: The unusual name “hogchoker” comes from farmers who used to feed these fish to their hogs. The hogs would often choke More...
Petfinder Opens Its Foster a Lonely Pet Program
The folks at Petfinder.com having been thinking about superlatives now that it’s holiday time. If you’ve got better ideas — or more ideas — for any of these categories, please More...
RIP: Uga VII
Uga VII, the name of a lineage of English Bulldogs owned by Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler, died Thursday of heart-related causes, the dog’s owner said. The 56-pound dog, nicknamed “Loran’s More...
flapdoodle
“Flapdoodle is a lightly-raced horse on the way up. “His last start win at Taree was very good. It was his first try at open company and he handled it good. “He generally races More...
Coconut crab
Giant Coconut Crab also called the robber crab or palm thief, because some coconut crabs are rumored to steal shiny items such as pots and silverware from houses and tents. A coconut crab will attack More...
7 foot long dog
An American woman has claimed that she owns the tallest dog in the world measuring 3 feet tall at the shoulders and 7 feet long from nose to tail. Caryn Weber is proud of Boomer, a Landseer Newfoundland More...
Teacup pig hot in UK
You might remember not too long ago when pigs were trendy as pets. I think Julia Roberts and or George Clooney may have been pig-owners. But when regular people got pigs as pets, they quickly realized More...