SURTIUS, NY (AP) – A little owl, dehydrated and hungry in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, is returning to good health and preparing to leave on a wild Saturday. The adult male so-wet owl was called Rockefeller, when a giant holiday tree was set up in Manhattan …
Read More »Hut, hut, hut! Owls in the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
NEW YORK (AP) – It wasn’t quite the bottom of a pear tree, but a worker who helped organize the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree saw the holiday surprise – a tiny owl among the huge branches. Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbird Wildlife Center in New York, said …
Read More »‘Dualing dinosaur’ remains donated to museum in North Carolina
RAILWAY, NC (AP) – The fossilized skeletons of two dinosaurs connected to each other that look like a final death match have been donated to a museum in North Carolina. The nonprofit organization Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences said in a statement Tuesday that it has …
Read More »Cranes take the Dutch fugitive train from the whale sculpture
SPIEGKENIS, NETHERLANDS (AP) – The front train of a Dutch metro train that landed on a whale tail sculpture after playing to the end of an elevated section of railway, the artwork was clearly lifted on Tuesday and landed on the ground. The train was left slightly balanced on its …
Read More »Beetle armor gives the key to hard planes
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s a beetle that can withstand bird droppings, animal rocks and be rolled by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the crush-resistant shell of a bug can teach them about the formation of strong planes and buildings. “This beetle is very tough,” said Pablo …
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