The Little Ice Age was a period of cold temperatures that followed the Medieval Warm Period and had a 300-year duration (1550 to 1850). Several causes have been proposed for the Little Ice Age including decreases in solar radiation, volcanic activity and changes in ocean circulation, but there is no widespread consensus. The coldest and [...]

Bird Brawl. In June, a US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) agent saw 11-year-old Skylar Capo holding a baby woodpecker at a Lowe’s store in Fredericksburg VA. Skylar had just saved the bird from the clutches of a hungry house cat and was intending to release the bird in a safer spot. The FWS agent [...]