Brain Health: Fight Brain Age with Civic Activity
Have you had a “senior moment” today? Do you worry about the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other forms…
Year: 2015
Yaffle: Meet the European Green Woodpecker
By Steven Spence “Yaffle” was one of the English folk names given to the European green woodpecker (German Grünspecht; Latin…
Fishing for Facts: Studying the Rare Coelacanth
Find out how coelacanth bodies are preserved so you can view them in natural history museums. Video, Shelf Life Episode…
Polar Bears Are Struggling to Find Food
Find out what is happening to the polar bears: As the arctic ice melts, polar bears must look for food on land, and there isn’t enough.
How to Make Animated Infographics
Make Animated Infographics: A Brief Tutorial This brief overview of how to make animated infographics is the work of Eleanor Lutz,…
Illegal Cocoa Farms Threaten Primates
When a team of researchers set out to count the endangered primates in Ivory Coast national parks and forest reserves,…
Shelf Life, Episode 2: Turtles and Taxonomy
About Turtles and Taxonomy Don’t have time to visit the American Museum of Natural History? We’ve got your back! EH…
How to Extend Your Mobile Battery Life
Have you ever frantically searched for an outlet to charge your phone? You are not alone. Mobile devices have a…
Wild Red Kite: Red and Deadly
Photography and Text by Steven Spence This is a wild red kite (German: Roter Milan; Latin Milvus milvus ), which…
How Mayan Civilization Came Together
Archaeologists working in Guatemala have unearthed new information about the Mayan civilization’s transition from a mobile, hunter-gatherer culture to an…