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Red-tailed Hawk Nest Cam
If you like birds of prey, check out the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s web cam on a Red-tailed Hawk nest on campus. The hatchlings emerged just this week, so there’s a lot of activity with the parent birds (“Big Red” and “Ezra”)...Materials in Nature
A recent Wired article is an excellent collection of stories for teaching how nature uses chemical processes to make materials. With colorful photos and links to abstracts, science stories, and researchers, “Strange Biology Inspires the Best New Materials”...Spring Ephemeral Flowers Get a Head Start
Here in Montana and throughout the northern temperate regions, spring flowers emerge with a welcome burst of color. In Montana, these ephemerals include the shooting star, buttercup, trout lily, and dozens more. It seems risky to emerge so early, as warm days can be...The Species of “Ask the Planet” — Part 3: Tortuga
In the award-winning CD Ask the Planet, the song Wise Like You asks three species to share their secrets. Today we focus on the tortuga, which is a Spanish word for turtle. Amy Martin’s lyrics go, “And tortuga I know you-a been swimming / In our beautiful...The Species of “Ask the Planet” — Part 2: Tuatara
On the award-winning CD Ask the Planet, the song Wise Like You asks three species to share their secrets. Today we focus on the tuatara, a New Zealand reptile that was around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth more than 200 million years ago. Amy Martin’s song...Share
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