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Granville T. Woods was an African American inventor. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 23, 1856 and died in New York on January 30, 1910. Woods devoted his life to discovering new ways of improving an array of things specific to the railroad industry. More than a dozen devices to improve electric railway cars were invented by Woods, as well as many more for controlling the flow of...

The Atlantic Silverside (Menidia menidia) is found in the shallows of the Hudson River estuary and other tidal rivers and creeks in southeastern New York, and Long Island from the spring to the fall. They move out away from the shorelines and enter deeper water in the Chesapeake Bay during the winter. The Atlantic Silverside is a small fish, approximately 3 to 6 inches in length. The upper...

The mud sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis) is a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae that is widely distributed in the fresh waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from New York to Florida. The mud sunfish prefers sluggish, weedy waters of 10"“22 °C (50"“72 °F), over muddy, detritus-strewn bottoms, and occurs in small lakes as well as riverine backwaters. The...