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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Introduction

IntroductionSexually Transmitted DiseasesIntroductionChlamydia: The Most Common STDGenital HerpesGenital Warts and HPVSyphilis: A Sexual Scourge with a Long HistoryGonorrhea In This Section The…

DK Nature: Birds

HOW ARE BIRDS’ BODIES DESIGNED FOR FLIGHT? HOW DO FEATHERS HELP BIRDS FLY? CAN ALL BIRDS FLY? WHAT DO BIRDS EAT? FOOT SHAPESBIRD CLASSIFICATIONNESTSMIGRATIONFIND OUT MOREBirds have wings covered…

Dinosaur Discoveries

Dinosaur News Fossil finds from the miniature to the monstrous by Holly Hartman and Borgna Brunner Recent years have been a news bonanza for dinosaur fans. With the discovery of fossils…

Little Tennessee

(Encyclopedia) Little Tennessee, river, c.135 mi (220 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, NE Ga., and flowing generally NW across SW N.C. and through E Tenn. to the Tennessee River opposite Lenoir…

Athabasca

(Encyclopedia) AthabascaAthabascaăthəbăsˈkə [key], river, 765 mi (1,231 km) long, rising in the Columbia snowfield of the Canadian Rockies near the Alta.–British Columbia line and flowing N through…

Lerma

(Encyclopedia) LermaLermalārˈmä [key], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in Mexico state, central Mexico. It flows NW and W through Guanajuato state to Lake Chapala, crossing the part of the…

harvestman

(Encyclopedia) harvestman, arachnid, often called daddy longlegs because of its eight long, slender legs. The harvestman has a rounded or oval body possessing glands that give off an acrid scent. Its…

Earn, Loch

(Encyclopedia) Earn, LochEarn, Lochlŏkh ûrn [key], lake, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Perth and Kinross and Stirling, central Scotland. Ardvorlich House, on its shore, is the…

Dee, river, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Dee, Welsh Dyfrdwy, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Cambrian Mts., Gwynedd, NW Wales, and flowing NE through Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake), then meandering through a picturesque…

Saint Marys, rivers, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Saint Marys. 1 River, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Okefenokee Swamp, SE Ga., and flowing, with a great southern bend, E to the Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Georgia–Florida…