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Pups strut their stuff at Westminster [Photos]

Thu, Feb 14 2013 at 12:30 PM

A total of 2,721 dogs from 187 breeds and varieties competed in this year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, which was held on Feb. 11-12 at Madison Square Garden.

Baby chimpanzee explores its grassy habitat [Photo]

Tue, Feb 12 2013 at 10:35 AM

The little primate was born in November 2012 at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur.

Revelers celebrate Rose Monday with 'jumping parade' [Photos]

Mon, Feb 11 2013 at 11:28 AM

The Springerzug parade is a German carnival tradition organized to celebrate Rose Monday, a day of free-spirited merrymaking before the beginning of Lent.

Spiral galaxy stretches its cosmic arms [Photo]

Fri, Feb 08 2013 at 10:00 AM

The Hubble Telescope captures stunning new photo of Messier 106, a spiral galaxy located 20 million light-years from Earth in the Ursa Major (Great Bear) constellation.

Simpler times for the postal service [Photos]

Thu, Feb 07 2013 at 11:30 AM

In light of the U.S. Postal Service's announcement that Saturday mail service will soon be going the way of the Pony Express, take a look back at some of the more eccentric mail practices from the past century.

Flapjacks fly as choir kids celebrate Pancake Day [Photo]

Tue, Feb 05 2013 at 12:38 PM

During last year's Pancake Day, an estimated 4 million pancakes were consumed in IHOP restaurants. (That's enough to form a stack of flapjacks nearly 16 miles high!)

Beijing gets temporary gasp of fresh air [Photos]

Mon, Feb 04 2013 at 12:45 PM

Residents and tourists spend precious time outdoors after weekend snow dispersed some of the air pollution that has gripped the Chinese capital for weeks.

Celebrating wetlands across the world [Photos]

Fri, Feb 01 2013 at 11:57 AM

Feb. 2 marks World Wetlands Day, a holiday first celebrated in 1997 to commemorate the Ramsar Convention of 1971, an international treaty signed to conserve marshes, swamps and bogs across the globe.

Who turned down the thermostat? Macaques want to know [Photos]

Wed, Jan 30 2013 at 11:30 AM

Snow monkeys are famous for their peculiar wintertime activities, which include hot springs bathing and epic snowball fights.

7 wonderful frozen spider webs [Photos]

Tue, Jan 29 2013 at 11:33 AM

Hoar frost forms on cold, clear nights when heat rises into the atmosphere, causing exposed objects near the ground to grow colder than the surrounding air.

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It's obviously ideal if

Fri, Jan 13 2012 at 2:40 PM

It's obviously ideal if mothers are in optimal health during pregnancy, but the entire idea of discouraging overweight women from giving birth is missing the point entirely. It doesn't even come close to getting to the root of the problem. The issue of obesity is informed by socioeconomic factors, and statistically, the unhealthiest people are usually poor people who have limited access to education, nutritious food, affordable health care, and a multitude of other resources necessary for healthy living. I think obesity and its related health issues will always be a problem until something is done about the structures and policies that exacerbate the problem.

Thanks for letting us know! I

Fri, Sep 30 2011 at 4:05 PM

Thanks for letting us know! I'm editing the caption to reflect this. Caitlin Leary Associate Photo Editor

Hi Cecile! You're absolutely

Fri, Sep 16 2011 at 10:07 AM

Hi Cecile! You're absolutely correct, and I've edited the caption to reflect it. Thanks for catching that! Caitlin Associate Photo Editor

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