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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of traveling to Komodo National Park in Indonesia with his family.

The article presents the discussion on findings are meaningful for the evolution of artificial intelligence and raise serious ethical questions. Topics include slow down, become quiescent and take care of stuff that is incompatible with the animal moving; and letter warning AI posed an existential risk to humanity at least as severe as pandemics and nuclear war.

The article offers updates in Athens County, Ohio during summer. The local authorities have announced the arrest and conviction of three people responsible for selling Oxycodone in the county. The Athens Police Department has arrested a 29-year-old man after crashing his car to other automobiles nearby. The Athens City Council planning to give local police the ability to ticket residents on an escalating fine for loud animals kept outside.

2019 JUN 25 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Newsweekly -- Fauna, provider of the popular cloud-first OLTP database FaunaDB, announced that it has been [...]

The article focuses on the animal exhibit of taxidermist Dale Manning at his house. It mentions that inside the front room there's a zoo of animals frozen in action including waterfowl that are roosting. a flock of upland birds and a fox curls up, eyes half closed, nose tilted up as if he's sniffing the air.

The comic strip "Baby Blues," "Bound & Bagged," and "Mark Trail" are presented.

The article reports that Rwandan humanitarian and activist Paul Rusesabagina has been arrested on terrorism-related charges in Kigali, Rwanda. Topics mentioned include the film "Hotel Rwanda," the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Rusensabagina in November 2005 by U.S. President George W. Bush.

The article offers information the International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS), which refers to an international effort to monitor the world's wildlife through satellite imagery. Topics covered include the science of wildlife tracking, known as bio-logging, some changes made by ICARUS that will enable researchers to track flocks of birds as they migrate overlong distances, and the role of the International Space Station in the effort.

A personal narrative is presented which discusses the author's experience of seeing wildlife in Zambia.

The author presents information on wildlife observed during his stay in the Sasakwa Lodge, located above Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania. He visited the Serengeti National Park and Grumeti Reserves that hold wide variety of wild beasts. The author with his companion Lee Fuller used to visit the jungle twice, at dawn and after tea. He saw lions mating, elephants, cheetah killing a gazelle, impala, and fork-tailed drongos. The Sasakwa Lodge is owned by Tudor Jones II, a U.S. financier and ecologist.

The article presents information on various motion pictures that are being displayed at different motion picture theaters in the United States. The motion pictures include "Barnyard: The Original Party Animals," "The Devil Wears Prada," "The Bridesmaid" and "Been Rich All My Life." "Barnyard: The Original Party Animals" is an animated tale of a farm full of beasts.

Explains the “Bigger Is Better” view of evolution. Notion on the long-term trends created by natural selection toward size; More success of bigger animals and plants at reproducing compared to smaller ones; Support for the natural selection theory of Edward Drinker Cope; Study of paleontologists on the theory.

Reports that 13 young cranes arrived at the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge on December 12, 2004.

Reports on the study conducted by doctor Graziano Florito which found that when specimens of the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, were rewarded with food for grabbing red balls rather than white balls, and punished with a mild shock when they chose the white balls, untrained octopuses that were allowed to observe them would then imitate their choices.

Discusses a study conducted by researchers in Great Britain which observes the capuchin monkeys use of sticks and stones in obtaining food from the limited resources around them.

Focuses on the extinction of large flightless bird called moas. Estimated population of moas which have been wiped out by hunting; Estimation of the moas' genetic diversity.

Discusses the subject of counting the number of wild animals killed by automobiles on the road. Disagreement of the author with the view of the Humane Society of the United States that getting a reliable number is impossible; Idea of recruiting drivers to report what they hit.

Focuses on the insights of 85-year-old Eskimo Inusig Nunavut regarding several environmental changes he has observed. Changes in wildlife; Description of the changes of animals such as the caribous and seals; Impact of climate change and the gradual increase in contaminants like pesticides on the environment.

Profiles Gary Bogue, wildlife and pet columnist of the California publication, "The Contra Costa Times". Career history of Bogue; Types of letters received by Bogue from readers; Wild animals that can be found in the area; Views about the relationship between humans and wildlife in the state.

Reports on Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Marine Fisheries Service researchers' discovery of a fish species, the stout infantfish, known to be the smallest vertebrate known.

Focuses on transparent crustacean Phronima. Description of the animal.

Relates the story of a dog who were spotted roaming by residents in New York. Residents description of their pity for the dog; List of residents who are concerned about the dog's health; Important role played by the dog to Angela Ferrini, a resident in Astoria, New York.

Focuses on the Extreme Survivors' Weekend at th the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Activities for visitors; Demonstration of wildlife survival skills and cartooning; Admission fees.

Describes the range of flora, fauna and landscapes of Uganda's National Parks. Focus on the Biwindi Impenetrable National Park;Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale National Park and Ruwenzori Mountains National Park; Geographical locations; Logistics and travel requirements; Types of animals existing in each park including gorillas, lions, leopards, hippos and elephants; Panoramas and vistas. INSET: Where and when to go to hear the call of the wild..