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...nicknamed ?hobbits? by the scientists, were alive as recently as 13,000 years ago-meaning they survived tens of thousands of years longer than the Neanderthals, which we thought were our last surviving cousins. They might even have lived into modern times, if local legends of a race of forest-dwelling little people are to be believed...
...Forest Service's official site tracks colors in the national forests...
...intimacy and mystery of their hideaway provides a good platform for the forest creatures that emerge. As the music builds, the creatures blossom. A romp through the woods leads to some stark, intriguing visuals, and nice special effects as the sprites envelop the cabin in their hair (magical fire locks...
...culprit. The trees have been dead for a decade or more, victims of man-made canals that carry brackish water from Lake Pontchartrain, poisoning the cypress. Biologists call this a ghost swamp, one of many throughout the delta. When Katrina's winds howled in from the lake, the thinned forest around Bayou LaBranche could do little to buffer the impact on the communities of Norco and Good Hope to the south. Nor could the area's old marshland slow the storm surge that followed; most of the marsh had long since been turned into a salty lake...
...tough times continued for the Harvard field hockey team, as No. 4 Duke bested the Crimson 6-0 yesterday afternoon at Jordan Field. With the loss, Harvard (5-4) dropped its third straight, and the six-goal margin was the greatest since last November, when then-No. 2 Wake Forest bested the Crimson 7-1 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils (9-2) got on the board just over nine minutes into the action, with midfielder Amy Stopford hitting pay-dirt on a rocket from the top of the circle off a penalty corner. Five...