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| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Feb 15, 2015 |
| | 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire - Vox | | 2000 years ago today, the Roman Emperor Augustus died. His reign marked the start of a 200-year period of peace and prosperity for the empire. | |  |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Feb 15, 2015 |
| | Birds of North America Field Guide | Audubon | | The Audubon field guides have sold over 18 million copies since Alfred A.Knopf published the first illustrated and descriptive books in 1934. Thisinformative website, which features beautiful drawings and photographs aswell as extensive descriptions of birds from around North America, isintuitive and pleasing to the eye. Readers can start by typing the name ofa bird into the search function, or by sorting the guide by taxonomicfamily or region. Each record provides detailed information, includingfacts about Habitat, Migration, and Feeding Behavior. Perhaps best of all,a Songs and Calls section lets readers experience the song of the AcadianFlycatcher or the rhythms of the Acorn Woodpecker. [More] | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Feb 13, 2015 |
| | 30 years of Reuters Pictures | | Reuters multi-award winning photographers are celebrated here in a three part retrospective on the 30th anniversary of the service's launch. They have captured dramatic images illustrating the human tragedy of natural disaster and war as well as the fallout of economic events across the continents, creating iconic images, recognised around the world. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Jan 26, 2015 |
| | Great Websites for Kids | | The American Library Association chooses the best educational sites for kids and highlights one each week. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Jan 22, 2015 |
| | The Rescued Film Project Archive | | An online archive of forgotten and lost pictures trapped in rolls of film until now, have never been seen. Old film developing. Expired Film Developing. | | |
| | | | | | Amazing Video Takes You INSIDE The Largest Photograph Ever Taken | IFLScience | | Earlier this month, NASA and ESA released the biggest and highest resolution image of our galactic neighbor, Andromeda, that has ever been taken. The 1.5 billion pixel image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Each tiny dot of light in the picture represents one of 1 trillion stars in the galaxy; many with their own expansive planetary systems. | | |
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