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First up, the pink fairy armadillo–its actual name. It doesn't have wings and can't cast spells and stuff like a real fairy, but it does have a rosy shell that acts like a radiator. By pumping blood ...

It's okay to give fairies certain gifts, but you'd better not accept one from them.

Plato suggested that humans were "bipeds without feathers". People walk on two legs like most avian species. They are also largely diurnal and rely upon sight as their primary sense. All of this, ...

One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

AKRON, Ohio — Fairies frequent Grace Wyszynski’s West Akron, Ohio, back yard. She knows, because she sees the fairy dust they leave behind. The 5 1/2-year-old even has a place for them to find shelter ...

This weekend, NBC premiered its brand new fairy tale procedural Grimm. The show exposes the world to the dark underbelly of criminal fairy tale behavior, and it’s like Law & Order for exceptionally ...