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She purchased a building in 1981 at 739 N. Main street in Tulsa, Oklahoma which would double as a church building and shelter for Tulsa's most needy citizens. She dubbed it the "Rescue Home". [ 5 ] After receiving a $40,000 donation in 1986, she was able to purchase a former country club on Tulsa 's west side that was to become a multipurpose ...
Urban legend holds that lovebugs are synthetic—the result of a University of Florida genetics experiment gone wrong. [3]Research by L.L. Buschman showed that migration explained the introduction of the lovebug into Florida and other southeastern states, contrary to the urban myth that the University of Florida created them by manipulating DNA to control mosquito populations.
Bibionidae (March flies) is a family of flies containing approximately 650–700 species worldwide.Adults are nectar feeders and emerge in numbers in spring. Because of the likelihood of adult flies being found in copula, they have earned colloquial names such as "love bugs" or "honeymoon flies".
The Tulsa Zoo is an 84-acre (34 ha) zoo located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The Tulsa Zoo is owned by the City of Tulsa but since 2010 has been privately managed by Tulsa Zoo Management, Inc. [6] [7] [8] The zoo is located in Mohawk Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. The zoo is run as a non-profit.
This list of mammals of Oklahoma lists all wild mammal species recorded in the state of Oklahoma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This includes mammals that are extirpated from the state and species introduced into the state.
International Animal Rescue (IAR) is a British wildlife protection and conservation non-profit organization. [1] IAR aims to protect and mitigate the threats to wildlife and habitats. The IAR performs hands-on rescue when necessary to reduce the suffering of animals, and such animals will be rehabilitated and returned to the wild if possible.
Ethel Maude Proffitt Stephenson (née Ethel Maude Proffitt) 1895–1982 was an American lawyer who practiced in Okemah and Tulsa specialising in the field of Native American civil rights. [citation needed] She was a senior member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, as well as a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association and the American Bar ...
The Oklahoma Aquarium is 72,000-square-foot (6,700 m 2) public aquarium built in 2002 and opened on May 28, 2003, in Jenks, a southern suburb of Tulsa. Exhibit [ edit ]