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A Native Fish Called “Wears a Feather”

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Have you ever seen a fish wearing a feather? Well, now you can…at least when you translate a newly named species of fish!

The sicklefin redhorse is a fish with a FIERY red tail and an olive-green body, and the species is now known as Moxostoma ugidatli. Ugidatli (pronounced ooh-gee... Read more

Scientists Fill Out the Doggy Family Tree!

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Scientists study dog genomes to develop new family tree of dogs that connect all 161 breeds. Read more

A New Justice for Supreme Court

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Neil Gorsuch joined the Supreme Court of the United States as the newest justice when he was sworn into office on April 10. Read more

Scientists Name New Gibbon Species ‘Skywalker’

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Star Wars-loving scientists name new species of gibbons "Skywalker." Read more

Web Dictionaries Add Seussian, Craptacular & More!

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Get online NOW, all you logophiles (word nerds)! Two leading dictionary companies have added 1,300 words to their online word references in February.

Merriam-Webster kicked off the trend on Feb. 6 by adding 1,000 new words. And with Love of Reading Month and Read Across America recently... Read more