This basin of Szechuan (literally Four Streams, but which, reading the character idiographically, I should be inclined to render as Gridironed by Streams), […]

Some of the most spectacular beasts in East Coast museums happen to be Tyrannosaurus rexes from Montana.

His soldier's instinct had him dropping to the ground before he even thought of it, and Captain Hargreaves fired his Colt. The bullet zoomed over Butsko's head and whacked in the chest of the hapless soldier who'd been standing behind him. Butsko rolled over on the ground, stopped, and brought his rifle quickly to his shoulder as Captain Hargreaves fired again, his bullet burrowing in the muck six inches from Butsko's face. Butsko fired at Captain Hargreaves ...

Had I lived in the Middle Ages I am certain I would have believed that a talking bird must be possessed by the devil.