Despite what you may have heard, bumblebees can fly.
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Three bumble bees around a cone flower (Photo credit: Michael W. Tome, courtesy USGS).
Three bumble bees around a cone flower (Photo credit: Michael W. Tome, courtesy USGS).
Despite what you may have heard, bumblebees can fly.
Read moreThe Summer Triangle is an asterism, a familiar pattern of stars that is not among the 88 constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union. It is comprised of three stars of similar, but slightly differing, brightnesses: Vega, Altair, and Deneb.
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A sand dollar left on the beach at Georgia's Sapelo Island (by Julia Brownlee; courtesy NOAA)
When bleached white by the sun, sand dollars may vaguely resemble the silver coins for which they are named. They aren't money, however. They are skeletons.
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