Free Comic Book Day is an annual event where comic book shops across North America open their doors and give free books to anyone who visits (while supplies last). More than two million books will be given away to readers of all ages, with the ultimate goal of introducing a whole new generation to comicbooks, while celebrating a medium that is very near and dear to our hearts.

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Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 12:00am to 11:30pm
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Star Wars-loving scientists name new species of gibbons "Skywalker." Read more

FREE Easter event for the whole family!

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Saturday, April 15, 2017 - 10:00am to Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 12:30pm
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University of Arizona Campus Arboretum
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This week's UA Campus Arboretum's tree of the week showcases the the Blue Palo Verde, Parkinsonia florida Read more

Aerosmith headlined the Sunday Capital One Jamfest at the Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Tucson photographer Tyler Whitehead covers NCAA March Madness Music Festival 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz., for Bear Essential News. Read more

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Earth Day, April 22, a time to FOCUS on our planet and how to help improve its health. Read more

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the number of threatened or endangered species is pushing toward 25,000 globally.Read more

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Feline immunodeficiency virus, or FIV, affects 1.5 to 3 percent of U.S. cats, according to Cornell University’s Feline Health Center’s website. That’s between 1,110,000 and 2,221,000 animals. Read more

I like to learn new things, don’t you? First, let’s talk berries. Did you know that an avocado is a berry and that a strawberry is not?

For a fruit to be a berry it has to have seeds inside. Strawberries have seeds on the outside so it isn’t really a berry. Now nuts—seeds surrounded by a hard wood-like covering are nuts. They even float in water. Peanuts are not really nuts! They are pods. What are pods? Pods have a row of seeds that stick to the inside of the fruit like a pea pod or a peanut.

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