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Featured article: February 2, 2007 Seabirds are birds that have adapted to life in the marine environment. Whilst seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations. The first seabirds evolved in the Cretaceous, and modern seabird families emerged in the Paleogene. Seabirds live longer, breed later and have fewer young than other birds do, but they invest a great deal of time in those young that they do have. Most species nest in colonies, which can vary in size from a few dozen birds to many millions. They are famous for undertaking long annual migrations, crossing the equator or circumnavigating the Earth in some cases. They feed both at the ocean's surface and below it, and even feed on each other. Seabirds can be highly pelagic, coastal, or in some cases spend a part of the year away from the sea entirely. Seabirds and humans have a long history together: they have provided food to hunters, guided fishermen to fishing stocks and led sailors to land. Many species are currently threatened by human activities, and conservation efforts are underway. (more...) Recently featured: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – Regulamentul Organic – New Radicals

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Featured sound I Want to Go Back to Michigan, written by Irving Berlin, and performed by Billy Murray for Edison Records in 1914. (file info)

Featured picture: June 13, 2007 A mole cricket, an insect belonging to the Gryllotalpidae family. Mole crickets are common insects, found on every continent except Antarctica, but because they are nocturnal and spend nearly all their lives underground in extensive tunnel systems, they are rarely seen. This specimen is likely to be Gryllotalpa brachyptera and is about 3.5 cm (1.4 in.) in size. Photo credit: Fir0002 Recently featured: Palace of Westminster - Moons of the solar system - Torre Agbar Archive – More featured pictures...

Featured list: List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
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Ackerman, GaryGary Ackerman	1960 c.		Representative from New York (1983–)
Adamson, James C.James C. Adamson	1961		Army colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-28 and STS-43
Agre, PeterPeter Agre	1964		Medical doctor, professor, and molecular biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporin; president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Alexander, Jr., William VollieWilliam Vollie Alexander, Jr.	1950 c.		Representative from Arkansas (1969–1993)
Alexander, LamarLamar Alexander	1954		Governor of Tennessee 1979–1987); Secretary of Education (1991–1993); Senator from Tennessee (2003–)	See full list...

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