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A study by a coalition of conservation groups found that tiger habitats worldwide have shrunk 40% in the past decade, and the worldwide tiger population has declined to about 7,500 globally. The study identified 76 areas in India, Russia's Far East, and parts of Southeast Asia that are capable of supporting tiger populations. Conservation groups advocate protection for tiger breeding areas and an increase in efforts to link different tiger habitats.

DEFINITION: (noun) A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion. SYNONYMS: chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness. USAGE: They quarreled and bickered more than ever among themselves, till at times the camp was a howling bedlam.

Bolívar was a South American revolutionary leader. He earned the title of "El Libertador" for defeating the Spanish in a string of stunning victories from 1813 to 1824, effectively ending Spanish control over what are now Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. What is the origin of the surname "Bolívar?"

Mary Stuart was Queen of Scotland from 1542-1567. Though she was Roman Catholic, she accepted the establishment of the Presbyterian Church. After Mary's husband, Lord Darnley, was murdered and she was implicated in the plot, she was forced to abdicate. Mary fled to England, where she stood trial and became a prisoner of the English government. When a Catholic conspiracy attempting to put her on the throne of England was uncovered, she was executed. At what age did Mary become Queen?

Griffith was an American film director best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. He began his career as a playwright but met with little success and turned to acting. He soon found his way into the motion picture business and, between 1907 and 1913, produced a prodigious 450 short films, in which he experimented with various methods of spatial and temporal manipulation. In 1919, along with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Griffith founded what film company?