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February 2000

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Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, painted in 1920

A Fury from Hell—or Was He?

As underwater archaeologists pull artifacts from what may be the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, historians raise new questions about the legendary pirate

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The End of the Road

In Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, old logging roads that ruin streams are getting the axe

Last of the Wild Buffalo

Long displayed, long dispersed, the famous Hornaday bison "family" is reunited in a new home

When Permafrost Isn't

Slowly rising temperatures are melting the frozen ground that underlies most land at high latitudes

Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
Journal of Arnold Bennett

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