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White stork White stork
Ciconia ciconia (white stork) See CICONIIDAE.... Read more
Storks Storks
stork common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. Storks have long, broad, powerful wings; in flight they flap their wings or soar with their legs dangling and their long... Read more
stork stork
stork common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. Storks have long, broad, powerful wings; in flight they flap their wings or soar with their legs dangling and their long... Read more
shoebill stork shoebill stork
shoebill stork common name for a large (up to 54 in./122 cm) tall, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex. Also known as the whalehead, it is noted for its large head and unusually long and wide, many-colored bill, which ends in a hooked tip. It has broad wings and long, strong legs with large, unwebbed... Read more
geranium geranium
geranium common name for some members of the Geraniaceae, a family of herbs and small shrubs of temperate and subtropical regions. Their long, beak-shaped fruits give them the popular names crane's-bill (for species of the genus Geranium, the true geranium), heron's-bill (genus Erodium ), and... Read more
ibis ibis
ibis , common name for wading birds with long, slender, decurved bills, found in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. The body is usually about 2 ft (61 cm) long. Most ibises nest in colonies. They feed in ponds, lakes, and brackish marshes on fish and other aquatic animals. The sacred ibis of... Read more
Geraniums Geraniums
geranium common name for some members of the Geraniaceae, a family of herbs and small shrubs of temperate and subtropical regions. Their long, beak-shaped fruits give them the popular names crane's-bill (for species of the genus Geranium, the true geranium), heron's-bill (genus Erodium ), and... Read more
Ibises Ibises
ibis , common name for wading birds with long, slender, decurved bills, found in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. The body is usually about 2 ft (61 cm) long. Most ibises nest in colonies. They feed in ponds, lakes, and brackish marshes on fish and other aquatic animals. The sacred ibis of... Read more
Vultures Vultures
vulture common name for large birds of prey of temperate and tropical regions. The Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are allied to hawks and eagles; the more ancient American vultures and condors are of a different family (Cathartidae) with distant links to storks and cormorants. American... Read more
John Bartram John Bartram
John Bartram , 1699-1777, pioneer American botanist, b. near Darby, Pa. He had no formal schooling but possessed a keen mind and a great interest in plants. In 1728 he purchased land along the banks of the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia and planted there the first botanical garden in the United... Read more

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Vietnamese water puppets born of long-held metaphor.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...wily fish battling fishermen to dancing dragons, swooping storks and a few pieces featuring the water buffalo, the workhorse...traditional Vietnamese art and it should be seen. Instead of silencing it, we will try to make it part of a larger cultural dialogue...
Syria tortures protesters, beats journalists: HRW.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) ...reforms in Syria while security forces abuse people with impunity," Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. "By silencing those who write about events, Syrian authorities hope to hide their brutality...

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