#Ponds

A reader emails to ask:"Why must there exist a universal common ancestor?"In other words, why do scientists believe that all living organisms today are descended from one ancestral population?This is
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A final update on Wolf V083, the beaver specialist. From May 1 to October 29, V083 killed a whopping 42 beavers, which is 14 more than any other wolf we
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#AithiyaMaala #ViwamangalamSwamiyar Vilwamangalam Swamiyar is one of the most revered saints in Kerala's history. He was famous as one of the few who could see Gods, Goddess, Celestial beings in
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My daughter uncovered the photos and journal from my first trip to Brazil in 1989. The trip was a life changer for me. As I reread the journal I
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1. Liver fluke dillemas (thread). This cow has been looking thin. Dung sampled and - unsurprisingly - she's positive for fluke. 2. Needs to be treated with flukicide, effectively an
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The @ryanjespersen show asked me to comment on Jason Kenney’s hiring of Paul Bunner, Stephen Harper’s former speech writer, in light of Bunner’s belief that the residential schools were not
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A stately gopher #Frog (Lithobates capito) that was the surprise guest of my fieldwork yesterday. I didn't expect to dipnet a whole adult frog! A small thread 1/6 Gopher frogs
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One year ago today, my partner and I collected the keys to our home. We didn't really expect to have as much time inside as we did, but I thought
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In May 2015, we made a fortuitous discovery! Wolf V009 had pulled a beaver out of a tiny, little creek in the middle of the forest and killed it. After
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The 1886 grotto/cascade on Square Marie-Louise is in a shocking state these days. Made of reinforced concrete and bits of stone, these were briefly trendy all over Europe & seemed
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Help us get #YesonAB345 folks! Follow the instruction from @VoicesCA #NoDrillingWhereWereLiving If you’d like a graphic to help you, here’s one that makes you VERY angry. https://twitter.com/voicesca/status/1276211004272111616 •Excess
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#OTD 215 yrs ago, exactly one year after his coronation as Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte won perhaps his greatest battle when he annihilated a combined Austrian & Russian
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For an aspect of my PhD research, I wanted to quantify an ecosystem service of insects in temporary ponds. The insect I chose was the backswimmer Notonecta indica. The ecosystem
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Mini Hungarian language lesson: water spider, wonder spider.Unusually, I need to start with a content warning: if you can't tolerate spiders, not even in cute cartoon form, please look away
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9/We’ve just finished a four year dalliance with a president whose sole qualification for our highest office was his shameless greed. He had never held office of any kind, and
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My view on wealth concentration- bitcoin is an emerging monetary system, it started with a GINI of 1 and decreases over time- 'fairdrops' don't work; see the voucher programs in
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