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The Mayor of a town in Minnesota is a dog!
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Baby Steps Toward Survival
On March 23, the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee welcomed a baby hippo named Winnie into the world. Hippos and giraffes are listed as “vulnerable to extinction” in the wild. Zoos in the United States are doing their part to help these animals survive—and thrive. “Our hope is certainly that the species in the wild will do well,” Thompson said in a recent interview. “But we also have to make sure that the species in captivity do well, because there might not always be animals in the wild.” -
Texas Faces Massive Flooding
Last Friday evening, Hurricane Harvey plowed into the coast of southeastern Texas. It was the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years, causing widespread flooding and destruction. The storm has moved northeast over Louisiana. It is expected to weaken Wednesday night. At least 38 people have died during the storm, though that number may climb. Thousands of people have had to flee their homes. Houston, Texas, the fourth-largest city in the U.S., -
In the Path of a Storm
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey devastated eastern Texas, another massive hurricane is churning toward the U.S Early on Wednesday, Hurricane Irma slammed into the eastern Caribbean islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. As the storm continues to move across the ocean, people in South Florida are preparing for a possible direct hit. Hurricanes are powerful storms that form over the ocean. A hurricane’s strength is rated from 1 to 5 based on the speed of its winds. When it first made landfall