Nature Conservancy - Science

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Bradley, author of Common Spiders of North America , is one of many professional and novice arachnologists in the country studying the planet’s eight-legged critters and working to dispel popular myths. The trapdoor spider does essentially just that, says Marshal Hedin, biology professor at San Diego State University and current president of the American Arachnological Society. Female lampshade spider (Hypochilus pococki), in web on rockface, western North Carolina.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2016

To be fair, he was slightly better positioned to do so, being a professor of biological sciences with the University of Nebraska. His overall expertise on the biological diversity of his adopted state led him inevitably to an appreciation not only of the Whooping Crane , but also the more common, smaller, but no less fascinating Sandhill Crane. As the subtitle implies, this appreciation drives the bulk of A Chorus of Cranes: The Cranes of North America and the World.

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JUNE 6, 2017

The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America by Nathan Pieplow is innovative, fascinating, and challenging. The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America is divided into three main sections: Introduction, Species Accounts, and Index to Bird Sounds (also called the Visual Index). Robbins used them in a more primitive form in 1966 in the Golden Field Guide Birds of North America.

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MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Monarch butterflies have a special place in the North American imagination. There are two large North American populations of monarch butterflies. Exposure to colder than usual temperature in the fall causes monarchs that were headed south to turn around and fly north (Guerra 2013, Kyriacou 2013). That’s right: if they hit colder temperatures, they might fly north for the winter! As mentioned above, there are two major populations of monarchs in North America.

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Conservancy Talk

JANUARY 5, 2018

from University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, and is based in our Maine Field Office. Climate Change Climate Science & Research Conservation Issues Environmental News Environmental Science Europe Global Solutions Global Warming North America Opinion Science The Nature Conservancy United States climate change and extreme weather climate science cold temperature Editor's Choice extreme weather northern hemisphere northern hemisphere ice melting winter climate change

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Nature Conservancy - Science

AUGUST 5, 2013

A wide array of species making their annual migrations through North America are wearing leg bands that observers can record and report. One of the most famous examples of such a biography is B95, the moonbird, a red knot that has been seen throughout its migration from South America to the Arctic over the last 20 years. By sighting and reporting banded birds, like this red knot, birders can make enormous contributions to science. Photo: Doris & Pat Leary.

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Conservancy Talk

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The point being, if we can’t make it work here—a place of untold biological wealth and a small human population—then it is difficult to imagine that it can be done right anywhere else. Deforestation Ecosystem Services Forests Indigenous Communities Mark''s Desk North America Rainforests The Nature Conservancy Uncategorized EARTH A New Wild Editor''s Choice First Nations Great Bear Rainforest grizzly bears indigenous peoples Mark Tercek Sanjayan wolves

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MAY 16, 2018

Shakespeare was, supposedly , the reason starlings, house sparrows, and other non-native birds were introduced to North America. Ecologists (and all earthlings) can legitimately celebrate what will follow extinction: “the sixth mass genesis of new biological diversity.”. Reviews book review ecology evolutionary biology invasive species• Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction (Chris D. Thomas, Public Affairs). •

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The Alien Next Door

JANUARY 24, 2010

The Alien Next Door Musings of Nina Munteanu, SF writer and Ecologist Sunday, January 24, 2010 Toulouse and Nina Go To Whistler (and stay in our jammies) When I was visiting family and friends in British Columbia over Christmas, we had the opportunity to go to Whistler, one of North America’s primo skiing resorts, where my son wanted to check out his brand new reverse-camber skis (unfortunately, they came too late and he had to use his old skis in the park).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

While not in New Guinea and the tropical Pacific, he helped establish natural history-based undergraduate student programs that integrate indigenous communities with wildlands conservation in threatened landscapes of western North America and Central America.” Conservation Animal Rights collecting birds conservation biology science

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The Alien Next Door

JUNE 24, 2009

The Alien Next Door Musings of Nina Munteanu, SF writer and Ecologist Wednesday, June 24, 2009 I Love New York: BEA and Lightning’s Espresso Book Machine I came to NYC recently to promote my new writing guidebook The Fiction Writer , at Book Expo America (BEA), North America’s largest book fair.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

AUGUST 12, 2013

The bats appear to be immune to scorpion stings from even the most venomous scorpion in North America, the Arizona bark scorpion. A pallid bat catches a scorpion. Photo: Merlin Tuttle/Bat Conservation International. By Craig Leisher, s enior social scientist, The Nature Conservancy. During a recent trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park , my son spent $5 to “adopt” a bat. His adopt-a-bat package showed a picture of a pallid bat , a sand-colored desert specialist.

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2013 Biology Arizona North America 87

Nature Conservancy - Science

JUNE 12, 2014

The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America’s Predators. She knows that these animals also need large, wild, remote lands – and that a series of such lands exists in western North America from Mexico to the Arctic, with the Rocky Mountains serving as the centerpiece. Book Review bears book review Conservation Biology mammals predators trophic cascades western US wildlife management Photo: © Scott Copeland.

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Review 2014 Idaho North America 87

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

The Trumpeter Swan is the largest native North American waterfowl, being five feet long, with a wingspan of seven to eight feet and weighing in at twenty-three pounds, they are hard to miss. Although it was formerly abundant and geographically widespread, Trumpeter Swan numbers and distribution were greatly reduced during the early fur trade and European settlement of North America (1600’s to 1800’s), when it was prized for its skins and primary feathers 1.

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JULY 2, 2013

Neil Paprocki is a Raptor Biology Master’s student at Boise State University as well as the Scientific Director for Wild Lens Inc. , Wild Lens is currently producing a half-hour film about one man’s role in the successful recovery of North America’s bluebirds. What followed was a truly remarkable citizen science effort led by the North American Bluebird Society to construct nest boxes and restore bluebird populations back to historic levels.

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Eco Friendly Daily

APRIL 15, 2013

Instead, they will implement a biological control method, where millions of sterile moths are released. It is considered a serious agricultural threat in North America, as there are no natural predators or controls. Environment aerial spraying biological control misting moth pesticide Many communities use aerial spraying to tackle widespread insect problems. From gypsy moths to spruce budworm , pesticides have played a role in reducing a range of different organisms.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

MARCH 12, 2013

Plants from hot deserts —such as the prickly cholla cactus —are no exception, and they have evolved a broad range of impressive strategies for coping with the hottest, driest climate in North America, where a years’ worth of rainfall may come in a single extreme event. Cactus (Opuntia sp.) in bloom in the Mojave Desert. Sophie Parker/TNC. Climate change isn’t new.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

JUNE 19, 2013

In the short time I spent on Manus Island, the Chauka seemed to be well known by everyone , much like the Kookaburra of Australia, Ostrich of Africa and Bald Eagle of North America. The authoritative field guide for the region suggests the species range is restricted to Manus Island and “probably” nearby Los Negros Island. However, I recorded the Chauka on Los Negros and Ndrilo, another small island to the north of Manus.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JULY 28, 2013

One of the hallmarks of biological control is low-impact techniques. Prior to this time, knapweed spread rapidly, transported with alfalfa crops, to cover western North America. Knapweed has been known in North America since the late 1800s. Environment Science & Technology biological control deer mice gallfly knapweed Instead of using toxic chemicals and other invasive controls, biocontrol agents are used to manage plants in a more sustainable way.

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JULY 4, 2017

Raptors of Mexico and Central America by William S. This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. Like Peterson’s Hawks of North America, 2nd edition (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), which Clark co-authored with Brain K. The colors are rich, much deeper and beautiful than the muted inks in my copy of Hawks of North America.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The Lab operates All About Birds , which has free and authoritative information on identification and bird biology, as well as Birds of North America. Contributors to the Lab also receive Living Bird magazine, which features excellent content and photography, primarily about bird biology and conservation.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

They inhabit the grasslands, shrub steppes, and deserts of western and central North America. link] References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Olendorff, R. Status, biology, and management of Ferruginous Hawks: a review. The Ferruginous Hawk ( Buteo regalis ) is truly a regal bird. Sporting a 56 inch wingspan, it is the largest of the Buteos. Click on photos for full sized images.

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The Alien Next Door

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

You reach the floating station, which serves as an algal farm to capture biological fuel. The sleek vessel glides over Georgia Strait toward the Gulf Islands and you watch the view, reflecting on the history of NSPs in North America. But it took almost two decades for the NSP concept to catch on in North America. The first public NSP in North America was built in 2014 by BioNova in Webber Park , Minneapolis.

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MAY 8, 2013

Of course, this raptor pattern baldness exists for a good reason, which is another of the distasteful aspects of vulturine biology. I’m focusing on Turkey Vultures here because they are undoubtedly the species most birders in North America (the home of 10kB) are most familiar with, but the name vulture applies to birds found around the globe. North America’s Oldest New Bird – Rick Wright, The ABA Blog.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Promiscuity, where females get no care or resources from males, include lek breeding birds, and has led to some of the most spectacular male displays and plumages through female sexual selection; one needs only look at the stunning birds-of-paradise (Paradiseidae) of New Guinea and Australia, or, closer to home (for us in North America), the lekking displays of Greater Sage Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ) or any of the prairie-chickens ( Tympanuchus ) (Jenni 1974, Schroeder et al.

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MAY 7, 2019

How to Know the Birds talks about 200 commonly found birds in North America (including one extinct bird, the Passenger Pigeon) in 200 brief essays, each exactly one page long. John Schmitt, who illustrated Raptors of Mexico and Central America amongst many other books and magazine articles. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University and a Ph.D. “Get a field guide!” ” That’s what novice birders are told, over and over.

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2019 Review North America Missouri 114

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap. This does not make them Myrtle Warblers, nor does it make them hybrids (except by a biologically unhelpful, rigidly typological definition).

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”. And keeping cats, natural hunters, indoors is, as a matter of biology and of common sense, not the healthiest state for them. Mark Gamin, a Cleveland lawyer, likes cats and birds both. He likes books too, which made him the ideal reviewer for Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer.

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War 2016 Cleveland Columbus 212

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JULY 7, 2020

The emphasis is on everyday birds seen in North America, though some of the more exotic and local species are thrown in for the color and romance of it all–Atlantic Puffin, Roseate Spoonbill, the poor extinct Heath Hen.

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2020 Review North America Prairies 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

To protect this woodpecker and the post-fire ecosystems it depends on throughout California, in September 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project petitioned to list the bird under the California Endangered Species Act, earning it “candidate” status in the state, which does offer some protections for the bird. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Center for Biological Diversity , 3 Bond, M. It was July of 2012.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

AUGUST 3, 2015

In a Nutshell : Eastern wolves, often considered to be a hybrid of gray wolves and coyotes, actually represent a separate species, revealed by the latest genomic research published in Biology Letters. The answers are not simple, in large part because the topic of wolves and wolf hybrids often resides more in the realm of folklore than biology. A new paper in the journal Biology Letters uses the latest genomic techniques to give a clearer picture of canid taxonomy and hybrid origins.

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Green (Living) Review

AUGUST 3, 2014

"Most of the decline can be attributed to habitat destruction both in North America and their wintering grounds in Central and South America," says Roger Lederer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biological sciences at California State University in Chico and editor of Ornithology.com. As songbird populations are declining dramatically, organic gardeners can help them survive by creating a habitat in their backyards.

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2014 South America North America Biology 123

Green Home Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

In the north Pacific Ocean, this oceanic dumping ground is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and it’s situated about halfway between Japan and the west coast of North America. Unlike biological waste, which decomposes into elements like hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon that can be reused in the environment, plastic never breaks down. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: What Is It and What Can You Do? What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Sea of Trash.

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Green Prophet

JANUARY 21, 2015

We have replaced nasty reagents with a cheap, biologically friendly-material derived from starch.”. Bullionvault mentions that gold outputs from some of the biggest mines in North America, South Africa, and Zimbabwe have fallen to very low levels. Cyanide – a highly-toxic chemical compound – is being used by mining companies in the extraction of gold from the soil.

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Zimbabwe 2015 Industry South Africa 77

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The Greater Prairie Chicken , once common throughout North America, has undergone rapid population decline, mostly due to habitat loss. This film examines the history and biology of this bird and our contact with it- both beneficial and detrimental. The tallgrass prairie that once blanketed the Midwest has been almost completely converted to cropland, leaving Tympanuchus cupido painfully vulnerable.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

In North America, although we know that certain dragonflies are migratory, almost nothing is known about where they are coming from and where they are going. While dragonfly migration has been suspected for at least 100 years , Charles Anderson was the first person to tell the full migration story of any species in his 2009 article in Tropical Biology. Migrating insects might be the foundation of an airborne ecosystem that wings its way north and south with the seasons.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These bark-burrowing beetles, which apparently hitched a ride in cargo shipments from their native Asia, have been starving the ash trees of eastern and midwestern North America to death for a dozen years now. These birds may be the North American ash tree’s last line of defense against the EAB invasion. How do you solve a problem like the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)? With all due respect to Maria von Trapp, combating the greatest infestation that U.S.

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Environmental Economics

APRIL 1, 2011

That's how much the extinction of bats throughout North America could cost the region's food system, according to an analysis (access PDF here ) by a group of researchers led by Justin Boyles of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Remove the bats, and you remove one of nature's most effective biological pesticides—which would have to be replaced by actual pesticides, at an economic and environmental expense. bats in the U.S.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Kando provides Internet of Things data for for wastewater management with operations in North America , Europe , Australia , Asia and Israel. Kando sends sensors into a sewer find Covid-19 hotspots in your towns and cities. Should we bring one into the White House?

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Nature Conservancy - Science

JANUARY 22, 2014

One of the biggest questions in conservation science is why there are so many more plants and animals in the tropics than in the temperate regions such as North America and Europe. A single acre of forest in the Amazon, for example, can have more species of trees than all of North America, and there can be more species of fish in an acre of coral reef in Indonesia than in all of the North Atlantic. Walrus. Photo: Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

From lowland forests of the peninsula to the Sino-Himalayan mountains in the north, and from pheasants and hornbills to broadbills and pittas, some 400 to 450 species are possible in three weeks. Uthai, a former chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Biology and has led birding tours from 1983.

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MAY 7, 2013

In the past two years, our bookshelves have welcomed Jerry Liguori’s Hawks At A Distance (2011), the second edition of the classic Hawks in Flight (Dunne, Sutton, Sibley; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), and Chris Earley’s updated edition of the excellent regional guide, Hawks and Owls of Eastern North America (2012). Add to that Liguori’s earlier Hawks From Every Angle (2005), the entry from the Peterson Field Guide series, Hawks of North America, second edition , by William S.

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