I decided to go straight to the source and sendthe Mount Washington Cog Railwaya message asking exactly that. This is the response I received: "Hi, It's funny I ride the train all the time and I have never heard about penny rock, also know as Money rock. I have talked to a f...
Michael Gavin of Colorado State University has a fascinating piece at The Conversation that asks: “Why is it that humans speak so many languages? And why are they so unevenly spread across the planet?” The questions also seem like they should be fundamental to many academic disciplines – li...
While bison were not introduced by humans to North America, their rapid spread and diversification arehallmarks of an invasive species— and part of what make bison’s role in the Great Plains ecosystem so significant. “Bison arrived in North America and quickly came to dominate a grazing ecosy...