Heather Sultzman

Hanukkah is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays. The eight-day-long winter festival begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. This ye...

For most Americans, fall is synonymous with pumpkins.  Some use the fruit to make delicious soups and bread, others to carve out scary jack-o-lanterns. Then there are those that...

Few Indian festivals are as anticipated, or as widely celebrated, as Diwali.  Also called Deepavali, or Festival of Lights, the five-day event, which starts on November 2, 2021,...

Ludwig van Beethoven is undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. The German composer and pianist completed 722 musical works— including nine symphonies — despi...

Those of you still recovering from last weekend's Halloween festivities will be pleased to know that Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends on November 7, 2021. On Sunday, most North A...

A fish with the body of a shark and the face of a pig may sound like something straight out of a science fiction movie. But that precisely describes the dead shark retrieved fro...

Meteor showers, which happen when our planet traverses through debris streams left behind by passing comets, are a fairly common occurrence. While the tiny rocks usually burn up...

A ruptured undersea oil pipeline off the coast of Huntington Beach, CA, has leaked thousands of gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean, threatening fish and wildlife and causing ...

Most seafood lovers — animal or human — would find it hard to resist a tasty shrimp morsel. However, not Kit,  a mischievous sea otter that resides at California's Monterey Bay ...