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Exploding from the oak tree with a stream of chatter, a ruby-throated hummingbird streaked toward his rival now perilously close to the treasured feeder. The two hummingbirds had clashed many times this morning, and neither was about to give up the precious resource without a fight. Swooping across the garden, the two birds chattered, chirped…

Those magnificent flying machines

I confess: I was a Coppertone baby. In the 1960s, Jodie Foster, with her two-piece being tugged down her rump by the family dog, was my role model. Don’t wait, as I did, until you get skin cancer to protect yourself from Texas’ brutal blaze. You can still do all the activities you love; there’s…

Hurricane Ike dealt a violent blow to Texas’ alligators—but with a little help, they’ll be back

And the mystery of the knobby knees