In the early 1900s, the Whitney South Sea expedition gathered 40,000 bird specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. The collection is an irreplaceable snapshot of avian diversity in the South Pacific, but is missing key geographic data. To solve this mystery, student researchers dug into field journals to determine where birds from one island came from.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP â Blaszak s Royal Tigers show at the Porter County Fair was a must see for Jennifer Dominguez of Valparaiso.
Dominguez and her son, Carlos, sat watching the performance on Friday under the hot afternoon sun as trainer Brunon Blaszak put his five tigers through their paces. I love tigers. I saw the sign for the performance and said I wasn t going to miss it, Dominguez said.
Sandra Gill of DeMotte and her son, Robby Gill, 11, were also big fans of the 30-minute show.
Both the Gill and Dominquez families agreed their favorite part of the show was watching a tiger named Zakk walk the tightrope.
Shangri-La gets creative with drive-thru accessible egg hunt Capi Lynn, Salem Statesman Journal
Rita Coleman was all smiles from the back seat of her mom s minivan, having just visited with the Easter bunny and hugged a llama. We re having fun! she shouted.
And that was before the St. Paul girl had participated in any of the games at the Shangri-La Accessible Egg Hunt Drive-Thru.
Rita has Down s Syndrome and has been a regular at the annual event hosted by the nonprofit organization.
Shangri-La created the accessible egg hunt eight years ago to show traditional community events can be made more inclusive and accessible for people with disabilities with just a few minor modifications.