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The first and only fungus on a global conservation outfit’s ’25 Most Wanted List’ has been found in the rain-soaked mountains of Chile, almost 40 years after it was first documented. The big puma fungus is actually quite small, and despite being on the ’25 Most Wanted List’ it’s also rather…

A young woman’s attempted suicide on a bridge in Nashville was interrupted at the last minute by an unlikely hero. She was halfway there, then “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer Jon Bon Jovi appeared at her side and managed to talk her out of the life-ending decision. Pardon the pun. The…

77 years ago today, T-Bone Walker recorded his great hit, which after dozens of renditions by famous bluesmen and musicians from Eric Clapton to the Allman Brothers, is known simply as “Stormy Monday.” When Walker first recorded the blues standard in Hollywood, California, its full track name was “Call it Stormy…

Despite the Central Appalachia ecosystem being historically famous as coal country, under this diverse broadleaf canopy lies a rich, biodiverse world of native plants helping to fill North America’s medicinal herb cabinet. And it turns out that the very communities once reliant on the coalfields are now bringing this botanical diversity…

The most unmistakable voice in Hollywood, James Earl Jones, recently passed away in his home at the age of 93. For the children of the Millennial and X generations, his voice was an ever-present feature in their homes, thanks to the popularity of Star Wars, and The Lion King.  Though often remembered for…