This is how Sam Halpern, executive officer of the CIA team charged with carrying out Operation Mongoose, described his orders from Director Helms. "And when I asked Dick, what does "Get rid of ...

The Library's modern botanical illustration collection is continually growing, as we complement our historical collection with work from the finest modern botanical artists. Botanical illustration is ...

Thankfully, alongside the specimens are some incredible illustrations which show very accurately what the animals were like in life, or shortly after death.' When it comes to preserving knowledge ...

A mongoose and a habu snake face down each other. There was a problem, however. Mongooses are diurnal while habu snakes are nocturnal, so there was limited contact between them. Instead ...

Then I noticed the illustrations and realized that “rails ... but human encroachment and the introduction of the mongoose in 1910, to kill vipers, nearly wiped them out.

Bajo El Sol, the gallery and art bar in Cruz Bay, is hosting a book launch on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. to introduce ...

There is, for example, the beloved story of the Brahmin Devasharman and his pet mongoose, illustrating the peril of hasty ...

“Toward wild life the Italian laborer is a human mongoose,” he wrote in 1913. “Give him power to act, and he will quickly exterminate every wild thing that wears feathers or hair.