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10 best books of April, according to Amazon

Amazon picks the 10 best books of April
Border bunglers: 10 odd smuggling attempts foiled by US agents

Drugs are just a few of the illegal products – from the exotic to the mundane – that people attempt to sneak across the US-Mexico border everyday. Here are 10 examples of creative ways people tried to sneak something past Customs.
'The Hunger Games': 10 favorite scenes

'The Hunger Games' offers everything from action-packed moments to heartwarming ones. Here are 10 of the best scenes.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/15
Dr. Seuss birthday quiz: Test your knowledge with these Dr. Seuss quotes

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, here are 10 Dr. Seuss verses for you to match to the book they come from.

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10 best books of April, according to Amazon

Amazon picks the 10 best books of April
Man-made noise can affect plants, as well as animals

A new study concludes that noise from humans can have an effect on plant life, in addition to wildlife.
The dinosaur that dressed like Anna Wintour

Gliding through trees in what is now China some 130 million years ago, the microraptor sported shimmering black feathers, a new study reveals.
Border bunglers: 10 odd smuggling attempts foiled by US agents

Drugs are just a few of the illegal products – from the exotic to the mundane – that people attempt to sneak across the US-Mexico border everyday. Here are 10 examples of creative ways people tried to sneak something past Customs.
'The Hunger Games': 10 favorite scenes

'The Hunger Games' offers everything from action-packed moments to heartwarming ones. Here are 10 of the best scenes.
Diggin' It
Fall house cleaning -- birdhouses, that is

One fall house cleaning chore is done outdoors -- cleaning out birdhouses so they'll be ready for next year's occupants.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/15
Wildlife photographer snaps photo of transvestite bird

An odd-looking cardinal, with half male and half female markings, alighted on the backyard feeder of wildlife photographer and statistics professor Larry Ammann.
Diggin' It
In Vermont, spring is finally here

Signs of spring abound in Vermont. Some are traditional and some are decidedly untraditional.
Editorial Board Blog
The inside story on cats – and songbirds

Our feline friends turn into furry predators when let outside. It's time to keep house cats just that – inside our homes.
Learning From the Birds

A poem.
Dr. Seuss birthday quiz: Test your knowledge with these Dr. Seuss quotes

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, here are 10 Dr. Seuss verses for you to match to the book they come from.
Diggin' It
Gardening for the birds and wildlife

Winter is a good time to think about how to attract birds to your garden with a wildlife-friendly habitat.
Bye Bye Blackbird: USDA acknowledges a hand in one mass bird death

One in a series of mysterious mass bird deaths in the past month was the product of a USDA avicide program, which began as operation Bye Bye Blackbird in the 1960s.
Aflockalypse now? Turns out mass bird deaths are quite common.

Aflockalypse: Despite alarming headlines about dead birds plummeting from the sky, biologists say that mass die-offs happen all the time, and do not necessarily augur catastrophe, either biblical or environmental, or any kind of 'aflockalypse.'
First blackbirds in Arkansas. Now jackdaws drop in Sweden. A common cause?

Falköping, Sweden, joins Pointe Coupee Parish, La., and Beebe, Ark., as the latest sites where experts are scratching their heads over mass bird deaths.
Mystery bird deaths: Blame it on harsh winter, fireworks, or 'avicide'?

It's not unheard of that birds fall from the sky or fish die off en masse – but all at once around the world? Hard cold snaps are emerging as a likely cause of some of the bird deaths and fish die-offs.
Blackbird mystery deepens: more birds fall from sky in Louisiana

Just days after more than 1,000 birds fall from the sky over Beebe, Ark., another batch of blackbirds has dropped in Pointe Coupee Parish, La. What's going on?
Blackbirds fall from sky, fish die off: What's a conspiracy theorist to think?

Absent a final explanation, wild theories abound concerning reasons Arkansans' saw blackbirds fall from sky and fish die off en masse. The event revives superstitions about birds as omens.
Search for clues is on after birds fall from sky in Arkansas

Dead red-winged blackbirds, starlings, and grackles rained down on Beebe, Ark., on New Year's Eve, freaking out local residents. After 3,000 birds fall from sky, state biologists look for answers.
Global News Blog
Falling blackbirds in Arkansas: In Mao Zedong's China it was falling sparrows

The mysterious case of the blackbirds dropping from the Arkansas sky recalls Mao Zedong's Great Sparrow Massacre.
5 unusual gift ideas for booklovers

Any booklover on your list will appreciate the classic, timeless gift of a book. For lists of the best nonfiction, fiction, and children’s book titles recommended by the Monitor, click on the links above. But if your gifts have gotten so predictable that you no longer need to wrap them, you might want to try giving one of these more unusual non-book gifts for booklovers.
Scientists discover that caterpillars can whistle

Caterpillars can whistle, a new study has found. One species was found to be whistling to frighten away birds.
Territorial Preserve

A poem.
In Pictures: Big Environmental Disasters