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“No,” Elliott says. He holds out a slender volume: Who Would Win? Ultimate Pterosaur Rumble. “We just read that,” I say, almost crying. “I know,” he says, with what passes for compassion in a ...

From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.

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BEING spat on by a walrus, ­shaking my backside with a chipmunk and having Peter Pan declare me an “honorary Lost Boy” isn’t ...

From bioluminescence tours to northern lights excursions, nighttime tourism is on the rise—and I understand the allure well.

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Patchett, who also released an annotated version of her novel Bel Canto last year, added that she comes by her love of books ...

Shreveport author Ryan Combs has released his first children’s book, ‘My First Pair,’ which teaches kids the value of hard work and the pride of earning something on their own.