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Vernal Pools: Ephemeral Ecologies

by Mark R June 5, 2021June 16, 2021
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Two Noteworthy Naturalist Podcasts

by Mark R May 29, 2021June 1, 2021
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Wildlife Streams for Spring and Summer 2021

by Mark RMay 18, 2021May 29, 2021
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Hitchhiking Pseudoscorpions (Phoresy)

by Mark RMay 14, 2021June 20, 2021
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Enrico Bernard’s Dendrobates tinctorius “Tumucumaque” Poison Frog

by Mark RMay 4, 2021June 17, 2021
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Some Plants Are Still Making Fleshy Fruit to Attract Extinct Megafauna

by Mark RMay 1, 2021June 12, 2021
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How Terrestrial Animals Survive in Very Cold Climates

by Mark RApril 4, 2021June 8, 2021
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The Riverine Bull Sharks of Iran and Iraq | A Brief Modern History

by Mark RApril 1, 2021May 26, 2021
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The Complicated Relationship Between Ants and Whistling Thorn Acacia Trees

by Mark RMarch 3, 2021June 18, 2021
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Bioluminescent Fungi Glow to Trick Insects

by Mark RApril 13, 2020June 16, 2021
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Humans Have Created Over 200 New or Out of Place Minerals

by Mark RMarch 21, 2019May 28, 2021
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Toxorhynchites: Beneficial Mosquitoes That Hunt Other Mosquitoes

by Mark RMay 11, 2017June 12, 2021
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The Remarkable Non-Stick Lungs of Elephant Seals

by Mark RApril 20, 2017May 27, 2021
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Borneo’s Bats That Live in Carnivorous Plants

by Mark RMay 13, 2016June 15, 2021
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Urban Wildlife | London’s Red Foxes

by Mark RAugust 6, 2014June 8, 2021
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USGS Elevates Digital Collections

by Mark RFebruary 4, 2014May 20, 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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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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Invertebrate of the Week #5 – Opadometa sarawakensis spiders

by Mark RApril 1, 2021May 30, 2021
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