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Pileated Woodpecker By: Gabe Buckley Last Updated: July 26, 2020 A Pileated Woodpecker Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Piciformes Family Picidae Genus Dryocopus Species Dryocopus pileatus Niche Wood-boring Insectivore Length 16-19 in (40-49 cm) Weight 8-14 oz (250-400 g) Lifespan Up to 12 years Social Structure Mated Pairs Conservation Status Least Concern Preferred Habitat Wooded areas with plenty of wood-boring insects Average Clutch Size 3-5 eggs Main Prey Species Carpenter ants, beetle larvae, other insects, sometimes fruit and nuts Predators Hawks, Owls, Eagles, Martens, Weasels, Humans The Basics The Pileated Woodpecker has a prominent red crest in both males and females....

Pokemon’s anime is now working its way through a special series to say goodbye to Ash Ketchum, and now the franchise is gearing up to move on to a new set of trainers in full with a new promo giving fans a much closer look at the anime’s new main protagonist! It was shockingly announced last year that following Ash Ketchum becoming a world champion with the end of Pokemon Journeys that the anime would be moving on with a new set of trainers starting out their respective journeys from the very beginning....

Whether you’re a serious poker player, host regular game nights, like to play solitaire once in a while, participate in the occasional drinking game, or are trying to fine-tune a few magic tricks, you should have at least one quality deck of cards in your arsenal. Playing cards take up hardly any space, they’re easy to take on the road, and there are nearly endless things you can do with them....

With the holidays just around the corner, gift-giving and holiday parties will be gobbling up most of our paychecks. But who says you need to charge everything on the card to have a good time? From breweries to museums, state parks to light shows, here are a few of my favorite free attractions in Missouri. Visit the Liberty Memorial. Greg Zenitsky/flickr Though you do have to pay a fee for the World War I Museum, you can still check out the outdoor memorial for free....

While the Sega Dreamcast didn’t sell particularly well, the video game console has a faithful fanbase thanks to games like Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2. More than two decades after their release, the two titles are considered a high bar for Sonic the Hedgehog’s 3D games, and no one is more aware of that than Morio Kishimoto. On Twitter, the Sonic Frontiers director revealed that he is thinking a lot about the way boosts work in Sonic 3D games, and how he can “challenge the level design without boosts” like in the Adventure games....

Approximately three-quarters of New Mexico’s roads are unpaved. Many are well-maintained and easy to traverse while others are so washboarded that traveling across them will make your bones feel like maracas. Still, these 11 New Mexico destinations are so unforgettable that they’re worth a little extra effort. Chaco Canyon, near Nageezi Flickr/mkriedel It actually took me three separate attempts to make it to Chaco Culture National Historical Park because of the roads....

Trigun Stampede is hyping up the premiere of its big reboot anime next month as part of the Winter 2023 new schedule of anime releases, and the series is highlighting Nicholas D. Wolfwood’s new design for the anime with a new poster! The upcoming reboot series will be interpreting Yasuhiro Nightow’s classic action franchise in a whole new kind of way with not only younger versions of each of the main characters, but through a fully 3D CG animated production to top it off....

Val Kilmer says that he wants to see a Heat 2 movie. In an interview with IGN’s Jim Vejvoda, the star explained why he would be amped to see the follow-up to the beloved movie. Michael Mann has been vocal about the possibility, and Kilmer is in the same boat when it comes to Heat 2. The actor said, “HEAT would be fun. I love Michael Mann. We get along great and we have a great deal of trust…” So, that relationship leads Kilmer to believe a sequel would be safe....

Summer is quickly approaching, and you know what that means: it’s time to start figuring out how you’re going to spend those precious warm months. You already know about our ultimate all-time bucket list for all Nebraskans, but how about some short-term goals? These are some of the things you should definitely experience this summer in Nebraska…in no particular order. See how many state parks you can visit. flickr/Overduebook Chances are you’ve been to the ones nearest to you....

Marvel Studios recently wrapped up their Phase 4 slate of projects with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the film answered plenty of questions. Wakanda Forever introduces us to a few new characters as well as making a returning character the new Black Panther. Riri Williams / Ironheart (Dominique Thorne) and Namor the Submariner (Tenoch Huerta) both appear in the film, with the latter of the bunch being the main antagonists. Every antagonist needs a protagonist and the film finally revealed that Shuri (Letitia Wright) is the new Black Panther and she faced off in an incredible battle with Namor....

Coenocytic Hyphae By: BD Editors Last Updated: April 22, 2018 Hyphae Basics Hyphae are masses of tubular thread-like filaments filled with cytoplasm and have a cell wall. Some hyphae are one long tube while others are divided into compartments by walls called septa. The septa are perforated to allow cytoplasm and molecules to move between cells, but small enough so that organelles cannot. Structure and Growth of Hyphae Hyphae are a structural component of fungi used for penetrating the soil and other surfaces, secreting enzymes, breaking down organic material, and absorbing nutrients....

Halo Infinite’s Forge mode isn’t officially out yet, but some players have gotten access to its tools and one of them even recreated PT AKA Silent Hills. For those that aren’t aware, PT was a free game released on PlayStation 4 in 2014. It came from an unknown developer and was this really ambiguous project. Players would wake up in a room and then be trapped in a loop, walking through the same relatively normal-looking hallway in a welcoming-looking home....

Jujutsu Kaisen is gearing up to come back with Season 2 next year, and the first look at the new episodes has shown off how the anime will be taking on the Gojo’s Past arc! The first season of the series taking on Gege Akutami’s original manga series eventually led to the release of a brand new feature film, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, that actually went back into the past to reveal how it all began....

Becky Lynch and Ric Flair had a public feud for a few years over Lynch’s “The Man” nickname she adopted en route to main eventing WrestleMania 35 back in 2019. However, Flair recently admitted that he buried the hatchet with Lynch. He said on his To Be The Man Podcast last month, “I am not ‘The Man’ anymore. ‘The Man’ is whoever the people think is. Basically, we’ve turned it over to social media to decide who ‘The Man’ is....

From state parks to state landmarks, you’ll definitely want to check out these gorgeous Mississippi sites at least once. The Petrified Forest, Flora Natalie Maynor/Flickr The petrified trees in this forest formed as a result of severe floods, which tore down everything in their paths – including large trees. Over the years, subsequent floods deposited sand and silt over these sunken giants, which were estimated to be about 1,000 years old at the time, and, in turn, the petrification process began, leaving behind amazing fossils that have been millions of years in the making....

Holidays are coming up soon, and there’s nothing more exciting than incredible fireworks lighting up the night sky above. You might be thinking, “Just where are the fireworks near me this year?” Well, we’re here to let you know that there’s shows almost everywhere in the Sunflower State! Let this be your go-to list for the Independence Day celebrations you’ve always wanted! Surely this year’s shows will be bigger and better than both 2015 and 2016’s displays....

The Importance of Decomposers to the Overall Biogeochemical Cycle By: BD Editors Last Updated: June 25, 2017 The organisms that occupy the decomposer trophic level of the food web on Earth are vital to the existence of life on the planet. Bacteria, fungi and worms take the dead and decaying material and break it down (decomposition) so that the components can be recycled through the biogeochemical cycles. If there were no decomposers, plants would not be able to get nitrogen from the atmosphere to use in their biological processes, and some of the trace elements essential for life would remain bound up in rotting organic material....

Maine has one of the richest histories of all the states in the USA. From colonial settlers making their way North, to great destructive fires, we’ve just about seen it all. Take a trip down memory lane by looking through this collection of photographs, vintage postcards and drawings and see if you recognize anything that still stands today. It’s hard to believe that this is what Maine looked like 100 years ago!...

As heartbreaking of a statement as it is for me to make, sadly summer is coming to an end. Luckily for us, we still have the entire month of August to enjoy before any cold weather starts to make an appearance and our short-lived summer vacation is over. If you’re looking to pack as many seasonal adventures into one weekend as you possibly can before our favorite time of year is over, then we have the perfect itinerary for you....

Abiotic Factors in the Savanna By: BD Editors Last Updated: June 5, 2017 The savanna is an ecosystem that covers about 20% of the Earth and is characterized by dry grassy plains and widely-spaced trees. The abiotic factors of the savanna are the non-living things that influence the area. Savannas are located in the tropical and subtropical areas of the Earth. The largest ones are in Africa, South America, Australia, India, the Myanmar-Thailand region of Asia and Madagascar....