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Field Frame Friday: Egg-cellent chicks
As they vanish from shelves and their prices skyrocket, everyone has eggs on the brain. But today, let’s talk about the animal that hatches out of them! Chickens are the most abundant domesticated...
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Creature Feature: Leaf Slug
Do my eyes deceive me or is that patch of algae…moving? Well, not exactly. This sea slug (Costasiella kuroshimae) goes by many names, often affectionately referred to as the leaf sheep or even the...
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Sunday Sketch: The Small Bufflehead
They are recognized as the smallest diving ducks in North America. Their diet includes aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, and mollusks, which they capture and consume underwater. During the breeding...
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Arts & Crafts: Happy Save a Spider Day (March 14th)!
Last Friday was Save a Spider Day, so let’s talk about spiders! You probably already know about their eight legs and connection to a famous superhero, but did you know there are spiders that can...
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Field Frame Friday: The odd damselfly out
When I first explain to kids at summer camp that damselflies exist and are different from dragonflies, I typically just tell them that dragonflies perch with their wings spread apart, while...
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