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Vertebrates

Fish breathe through gills, and live in water; most are cold-blooded and lay eggs (although sharks give birth to live young).Amphibians are cold-blooded and live both on land (breathing with…

Desert

A desert is an area where little or no life exists because of a lack of water. Scientists estimate that about one-fifth of the earth's land surface is desert. Deserts can be found on every…

Largest Dinosaur:

Argentinosaurus hinculensis Argentinosaurus (c) Joe Tucciarone Meaning of Name:“Argentinian lizard”Period:Cretaceous Period (138 million to 65 million years ago)Size:35 - 45 meters…

Dinosaur Fossils (By U.S. State!)

Top of Page Source: iStockMost people are familiar with their state’s official flower and flag, but did you know that almost every state has an official fossil as well? These state symbols are a…

Lina Wertmüller

Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller was a sensation in the 1970s - especially in the United States -- thanks to a string of movies, including 1974's Swept Away and 1975's Seven Beauties. Seven…

Tomoyuki Tanaka Biography

Tomoyuki Tanaka producerBorn: 4/26/1910Birthplace: Osaka, Japan Tanaka produced more than 200 films and is best known as the creator of Godzilla, the towering embodiment of post-World War II…

Dumbest:

Stegosaurus Stegosaurus.(c) Joe Tucciarone Meaning of Name:“roofed lizard”Period: Jurassic Period (205 million to 138 million years ago) Size:9 meters longWeight: 1.8 metric tonsLocation:…

Sentence Agreement: Introduction

IntroductionSentence AgreementIntroductionCollective NounsIndefinite PronounsWalk This WayAgree to Disagree Here you learn how to match subjects and verbs, pronouns and antecedents, and maybe…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Autumn: A Dirge

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode to NaplesThe Waning MoonAutumn: A Dirge Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1. The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare…

Bill Murray Biography

Bill Murrayactor, screenwriter, comedianBorn: 9/21/1950Birthplace: Willmette, Illinois Like so many of his fellow Saturday Night Live (SNL) alumni, Bill Murray honed his improvisational…