Don’t let social media make you sick (or think you are)
She had a headache, but it was really a brain tumor! He had a backache, but it was really a broken back! But hold on. Doctors say common symptoms usually…
Category: Seasonal
Toxic algae causes rapid death in animals, sickness in humans
If you and your dog love to swim, beware of the deadly blue’green algae blooms that infect rivers, streams, ponds and lakes throughout the United States…
American bison by the numbers
(National Bison Association and U.S. Dept of Interior) * Estimated size of the North American herd: 385,000. * Estimated size prior to 1600: 30 million to…
Where the buffalo roam: Month-ahead travel
Month-ahead travel note! Where the buffalo roam: Visit the roundup In movies and stories, the thunder of buffalo stampeding across the American plains…
Dover sole photo should be captioned: CC BY-SA 4.0
Don’t kiss a fish Strange things have happened between man and fish. In 2017, a man in Bournemouth, England, caught a six-inch Dover sole. In the…
How to tell a great fish story
The only thing better than a good fish is a good fish story, which are all true, or at least mostly true, or possibly just based on a true story. But the…
Was it just a whale of a tale?
Some are skeptical of the tale of a man who said he was diving for lobsters when he ended up in the mouth of a humpback whale. The tale is either an…
Sweet tale of fishing
A mother brought her disabled son to the lake for his first fishing trip. The 10-year-old had both physical and intellectual disabilities that left him…
Keep your cool in the dog days of summer
Dog days of July 3 through August 15 are the hottest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Contrary to folklore, the sea won’t boil and dogs won’t…
Swollen legs? Move more often in hot weather
In hot weather, if you get some puffiness around the ankles or an unpleasant tautness in your calves, it is because “heat causes the blood vessels to…