Whales
Essays

Vocal communication is a vital aspect of the lives of Killer whales. Though several researches have shown their adaptability to interferences, serious disruptions to their aquatic vocal communication system would bear…

Dolphins and porpoises and whales belong to either of two cetacean families, the Platanistidae (fresh-water dolphins) or Delphinidae (including all other dolphins, the porpoises, the porpoises and cetaceans commonly…

¶ … ARCTIC FOX (National Geographic, online at http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/mammals/arctic-fox.html,2008)

Redefining Culture -- Chimpanzees and Hunting

Among the best-known and most respected poems in American literature,

Throughout nature, many organisms can be found that exhibit highly similar characteristics. The bones found in the human hand are similar to those in the pectoral fins of whales and those in the wings of a bat, for…

Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand independent film directed by Niki Caro and based on the novel of the same name. It is a story of many levels; family, actualization, magical realism, and coming of age in a world in…

Each person is a witness to history in the making as the events of the world unfold each day. Some of the events will stand as remarkable over the course of a person's life, and some will take on a significance that is…

Gifted with the high perception, I lack the low, enjoying power. Damned most subtly and malignantly! Damned in the midst of Paradise!"

This essay examines different schools of military history, and specifically how they relate to accounts of the First Anglo-Chinese War. It shows how modes of investigation that focus on battles or technology are insufficient to fully account for the outcome of the war. The essay concludes by suggesting that only an approach rooted in New Military History can fully account for the political, social, and philosophical factors that contributed to the British victory.