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Rangers and biologist look for endangered fairy shrimp in a vernal pool
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Vernal Pools: Ephemeral Ecologies

by Mark R June 5, 2021June 16, 2021
Two great naturalist, natural history, and ornithology podcasts for 2021
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Two Noteworthy Naturalist Podcasts

by Mark R May 29, 2021June 1, 2021
Bee specimen Megachile lanata photographed against a dark background
Life Science Noteworthy

USGS Elevates Digital Collections

by Mark RFebruary 1, 2023February 17, 2023
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A female kestrel guards two of her young
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Wildlife Streams for Spring and Summer 2021

by Mark RMay 18, 2021May 29, 2021
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Dendrochernes cyrneus attached to the antenna of Rhyssa persuasoria from Austria
Life Science

Hitchhiking Pseudoscorpions (Phoresy)

by Mark RMay 14, 2021June 20, 2021
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Dendrobates tinctorius morph in Brazil
Exploration Life Science

Enrico Bernard’s Dendrobates tinctorius “Tumucumaque” Poison Frog

by Mark RMay 4, 2021June 17, 2021
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Ground sloths and an American mastodon can be seen in this illustration of megafauna
Life Science

Some Plants Are Still Making Fleshy Fruit to Attract Extinct Megafauna

by Mark RMay 1, 2021June 12, 2021
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Fallow deer (Dama dama) in the snow at Klaarfontein Guest Farm
Life Science

How Terrestrial Animals Survive in Very Cold Climates

by Mark RApril 4, 2021June 8, 2021
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Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) specimen from River Tigris at Karrada stored in a glass container at the Natural History Museum in London
Life Science

The Riverine Bull Sharks of Iran and Iraq | A Brief Modern History

by Mark RApril 1, 2021October 13, 2022
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Life Science

The Complicated Relationship Between Ants and Whistling Thorn Acacia Trees

by Mark RMarch 3, 2021June 18, 2021
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Mycena chlorophos bioluminescent fungi against a dark background
Life Science

Bioluminescent Fungi Glow to Trick Insects

by Mark RApril 13, 2020June 16, 2021
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Earth Science

Humans Have Created Over 200 New or Out of Place Minerals

by Mark RMarch 21, 2019May 28, 2021
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Toxorhynchites speciosus detailed photograph from New South Wales, Australia
Life Science

Toxorhynchites: Beneficial Mosquitoes That Hunt Other Mosquitoes

by Mark RMay 11, 2017June 12, 2021
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Sleeping southern elephant seal with pulmonary surfactant around its nostrils
Life Science

The Remarkable Non-Stick Lungs of Elephant Seals

by Mark RApril 20, 2017May 27, 2021
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Photograph of a wooly bat flying toward a pitcher plant
Life Science

Borneo’s Bats That Live in Carnivorous Plants

by Mark RMay 13, 2016June 15, 2021
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An urban red fox in a garden with bright amber colored eyes stares at the camera surrounded by greenery.
Life Science

Urban Wildlife | London’s Red Foxes

by Mark RAugust 6, 2014June 8, 2021
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Open Illustration: Chrysochroa fulminans Line Drawings

by Mark RJune 1, 2021June 2, 2021
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Open Illustration: House Pseudoscorpion Anatomy (Chelifer cancroides)

by Mark RJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021
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Bright orange male and drab female guppies of the species Poecilia reticulata
Life Science

Why Wild Male Guppies are Orange

by Mark RApril 30, 2021June 8, 2021
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Chip Clark’s Iconic National Museum of Natural History Photos

by Mark RApril 15, 2021May 24, 2021
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