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The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark institution on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Its collection contains more than 32 million specimens, but only a fraction can be on display within its 46 exhibition halls.
The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark institution on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Its collection contains more than 32 million specimens, but only a fraction can be on display within its 46 exhibition halls.
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Dig them dinosaur bones
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Staff WriterMongolia? China? It's not every day that your first-grader comes home asking to spend a summer vacation in Central Asia. In the past, Anthony, like most boys his age, would have been happy to squat at Disney World, preferably at the Buzz Lightyear ride,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Zoology, Montana, North Carolina, Wyoming
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Robert Wilson
Sun ReporterRobert J.M. Wilson, former president of Adams Express Co. and of Petroleum & Resources Corp., who as a youth participated in the historic Fahnestock Expedition to the South Pacific, died of pneumonia Wednesday at the Charlestown Retirement Community. He...Tags: New York, Government, National Government, Retirement, Owings Mills
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Bathers back at Zach's Bay after shark caught
jesse.cozzetti@newsday.comSunbathers and swimmers -- but fewer of them -- returned to Zach's Bay Saturday, watched over by more lifeguards after a young shark was plucked from the waters there Friday. More lifeguard stands were on the beach, and a lifeguard in a kayak patrolled...Tags: Beach Vacations, Nikon Corp, Swimming
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Time Machine Launches Origami Club
While most people have seen an origami paper crane, few know how to make one. Though it looks complicated, nearly anyone can learn to create basic origami forms and local origami enthusiast Ben Parker can be the one to teach them. According to Parker,...Tags: New York, Hobbies, Ohio
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Shark caught after it returns to Zach's Bay
susana.enriquez@newsday.com; jesse.cozzetti@newsday.comBeachgoers seeking relief from steamy weather by taking a dip in Zach's Bay were thwarted for a second day by a lurking thresher shark - at least until it was caught Friday afternoon. The call dreaded by swimmers - "Shark! Shark!" - rang out at Jones...Tags: Beach Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Swimming, Jones Beach State Park, Gardens and Parks
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Scientists get secretly sozzled
ehulme@am-ny.comDeep in the basement of Union Hall, surrounded by taxidermy and other oddities, youıll find a strange sight once a month: drunken scientists dancing. The full moon is not to blame, however. Itıs the Secret Science Club, a series of lectures that...Tags: Williamsburg, Clubs and Associations, Park Slope
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Bay beach swimmers evaucated after report of shark sighting
john.valenti@newsday.comDuh-dah, duh-dah, duh-dah, duh-dah, duh-dah? It wasn't a monstrous great white, terrorizing swimmers in a scene straight out of "Jaws!" But the presence of what one eyewitness told officials was a 4-to-6 foot long thresher shark was enough to startle...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Jones Beach State Park, History, Police, Tobay Beach
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BEST BETS
NOW OPEN Little stargazers can tour the sky in an inflatable planetarium at the Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City (it's on loan from the American Museum of Natural History). Daily, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m., through Sunday. $12 includes...Tags: New York, Tourism and Leisure, Long Island, Babylon, North Babylon
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Shark sighting closes Zach's Bay at Jones Beach
laura.rivera@newsday.comA popular Jones Beach bathing area was closed Thursday after officials spotted a 4- to 5-foot-long thresher shark close to shore, authorities said. No one was in Zach's Bay at the time, but lifeguards told the 20 or so people on the beach to stay out...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Jones Beach State Park, History, Tobay Beach, Gardens and Parks
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Paleontologist discovers fossils of manatee cousin
The Associated PressAfter several decades spent digging in a phospate pit, Frank Garcia finally emerged with a treasure that will go down in history. The paleontologist learned Friday that his discovery of a small manatee-like creature is an official species. It took...Tags: Gainesville, Florida, Oceans, Conservation, Paleontology
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