Mother’s Day Founder Anna Jarvis Fought To Have the Holiday Abolished
From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
These unbelievable birds saved the lives of countless miners.
Mining has always been a risky profession, but in the early 20th century, it was even more dangerous. A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that “the period 1900 through 1909 was the deadliest decade in U.S. underground coal mining,” with 3,660 miners dying in over 100 incidents around the country. In →
First in flight? Some may beg to differ.
Humankind has envied birds and other flying animals for millennia. The sheer exhilaration, the freedom, the ability to eschew busy airports and pricey flights… wings certainly are quite the evolutionary boon! There’s a reason why one →
From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
Meet these iconic sea dads!
In the wide and wonderful world of animals, childcare comes in all shapes and sizes.
The moth and butterfly families do just that, to the extent that ants have been known to care for caterpillars that were left by their parents as eggs. This could be called a hands-off approach at best, but some animal parents take their responsibilities very seriously indeed. The five fantastic fishy fathers we’re about to meet are cases in point.
Sunfish
A model father, for many, is o →
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