Science Writer
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The Mountain Lion in the Window
The subject of the message was: OMG! Mountain Lion Kitten in Window Well!!!! And really, it just got more interesting from there.
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A (Happy) Climate Change Science Surprise
Conservancy scientists were not surprised that changes in the way California manages its natural and agricultural lands could contribute to meeting the state’s climate change goals. What did surprise them was just how substantial that contribution could be.
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Reefs Like Zombies?
Coral reefs, parrotfish, climate change, Michigan tourists, and, well, zombies.
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Hurricane Sandy and the Flooding That Wasn’t
Most visitors come her for the warblers, but some come for the weirs.
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Saved by Sand Dunes
On the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a return to the Jersey Shore towns saved by sand dunes.
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A Brief Field Guide to the Rocks at Blowing Rocks
What, exactly, are the rocks at the Conservancy's Blowing Rocks preserve? And why do they sometimes blow like geysers?
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Give Me Shelter
Our writer is in Cape May during fall migration. She could be birding, so why is she climbing around on a roof without her binoculars instead?
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Tracking Little Turtles on the Prairie
What do you do if you only have 8 known Blanding’s turtles in the population you’re studying at Illinois’s Nachusa Grasslands Preserve? Get out the hoop traps and the sardines.
