Sturgeon is the common name used for some 26 species of fish in the family Acipenseridae, including the genera Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. The term includes over 20 species ...

"Pterodactyl" refers to any flying reptile of the order Pterosauria that lived 228 to 65 million years ago during the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period. There ...

Freshwater mussels are a group of fairly large freshwater clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks from two different taxonomic orders. These mussels inhabit freshwater environments such as rivers, canals, lakes ...

Born in Ireland, Maria Doyle Kennedy is a woman of many talents. She is known for her acting and musical career. Since 1991, she has been involved in many television ...

An electric fish is a fish that can generate electric fields. It is said to be electrogenic; a fish that has the ability to detect electric fields is said ...

The 3 electoral votes in Wyoming have been projected to be won by John McCain. Wyoming has gone Republican in each of the last 4 elections. Polls closed in Wyoming ...

Oyashio (親潮?), also known as Oya Siwo or the Kurile current, is a cold subarctic ocean current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean. It ...

The Flu is an acute respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus; a microorganism in the Orthomyxoviridae family, including Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B, Influenzavirus C, Isavirus and Thogotovirus genera.http ...