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Over the past four decades, Doug, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, acquired his collection of rhinoceros-horn libation cups at great personal cost, maxing out credit cards and curtailing vacations ...

That human beings are exceptional among the animal species found on our planet seems beyond dispute. Other animals may use implements, build things and alter the landscape, but not even remotely close ...

Discover how predators prey and aquatic creatures view color depth and shadows in unique ways that help them survive.

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Scientists studying the behavior of wild octopuses off the coast of Australia have made a strange discovery, with the creatures caught hurling silt, algae and even shells at one another. The finding ...

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R. Sa'adya Gaon : "Some one perhaps might be lead to a hasty conclu- sion on account of the sacrificial law, whether it be with regard to the slaugh- tering of the beast or to the burning of the blood ...