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A Dearth of Adirondack Oak Trees
Adirondack Almanack —
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Oaks are one of those trees for which we have an almost visceral attraction. They symbolize strength and permanence; they almost ooze power. Native peoples used the nuts for food (you really have to blanch them first, though, or else they are very, very bitter) and for dye (I’ve made a lovely soft grey dye for ...11 hours ago -
US Fish Commission Annual Reports Available Online
New York History —
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has placed online the annual reports of the United States Fish Commission, also known as the United States Fish and Fisheries Commission, from 1871-1940 and 1947-1979 in PDF format. The Commission was also part of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and these ...20 hours ago -
Britain cut off from Europe by super-river as little as 30,000 years ago
Newsvine - MinnieApolis's Column - Articles and Seeds —
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A prehistoric "super river" periodically cut Britain off from France thousands of years before the formation of the English Channel, scientists have established.1 day ago -
Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC
Morbid Anatomy —
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Walton Ford has long been one of my favorite artists. He is even more one of my favorite artists after hearing him speak about his work last week at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences . I appreciated Fords large-scale, iconic, natural history illustration-inspired paintings on a whole new level after ...1 day ago -
Seil Natural History Group: December meeting
For Argyll —
Authority: 487
[ December 8, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Seil Natural History Groups monthly meeting is on 8th December in Seil Island Hall at 7.30pm.Speakers are Andy Acton and Anna Griffiths opn: Lichens of Atlantic Woodlands.Both Andy and Anna are experienced Lichenologists and have recently produced two laminated sheets for ...1 day ago -
Seil Natural History Group - Field Trip
For Argyll —
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[ December 12, 2009; 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. ] Seil Natural History Group is off on a Field Tripon Saturday 12th December - to the Toad of Lorn, the Dubh Loch and the Standing Stones.Existing and would-be members meet at 9.30am outside the Tigh an Truish Inn on the Seil side of the Bridge Over the Atlantic. The trip will ...1 day ago -
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Bert Gildart: Writer and Photographer —
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©Bert Gildart: Sixty-eight years ago to the day, I was at Pearl Harbor and though I was only a year old and obviously have no memory of the events that unfolded that horrible day in Hawaii, I have heard the story from my parents who certainly do remember the horrors. It was a Sunday, [...]2 days ago -
Pose and Poise
Mapping the Marvellous —
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Ernst Haeckel (seated) with his assistant Nikolaus Miclucho-Maclay in Canary Islands, 1866 photograph. Click here to read the whole Slate slide-show essay on Haeckel.2 days ago -
Climate change deniers, creationists, and Conservatives
clawsfour —
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This is the opening video from the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. Interesting to see the number of right wing deniers of climate change theory (are there any left wing deniers?) already on... Full story at clawsfour.com together with links and other items.2 days ago -
Swarming monster worms and sea starsWatch in HD! From Life:...
Born Under Punches —
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Swarming monster worms and sea stars Watch in HD! From Life: Creatures of the Deep .2 days ago -
Vine seeds that disperse like ‘giant gliders’ inspiring aircraft design
Thaindian News —
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London, December 7 (ANI): Remarkable footage of falling Alsomitra vine seeds, which use paper-thin wings to disperse like giant gliders, is inspiring researchers for designing aircraft. The Alsomitra vine is a type of climbing gourd, and is also known as the Javan cucumber. It grows in the forests of Java, Indonesia. ...3 days ago -
The SNL Tiger Woods Sketch
Cheshire —
Authority: 114
Okay…I really feel the need to say something about the SNL Tiger Woods sketch, as well as all the others floating about. As y’all probably know, sometime last week Tiger’s wife chased him down the driveway and assaulted him with a golf club, causing him to crash into his neighbor’s mailbox, causing him to ...3 days ago -
Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight
Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com —
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A scale model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo in 2008 at the America Museum of Natural History in New York.3 days ago -
Birdbooker Report 95
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) —
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tags: Birdbooker Report , bird books , animal books , natural history books , ecology books "How does one distinguish a truly civilized nation from an aggregation of barbarians? That is easy. A civilized country produces much good bird literature." --Edgar Kincaid The Birdbooker Report is a special ...3 days ago -
Native Forest, Okefenokee NWR
Vanishing South Georgia —
Authority: 140
[IMG: http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/pine-forest-clinch-county-ga-okefenokee-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge-native-forest-photo-copyright-brian-brown-vanishing-south-georgia.jpg?w=450&h=298][IMG: ...3 days ago -
Okefenokee Trail (GA Highway 177)
Vanishing South Georgia —
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Saw Palmetto, Okefenokee NWR
Vanishing South Georgia —
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Boardwalk, Stephen C. Foster State Park
Vanishing South Georgia —
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Red-tailed Hawk, Okefenokee Swamp
Vanishing South Georgia —
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Buteo jamaicensis [IMG: http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-autumn-okefenokee-swamp-raptor-stephen-c-foster-state-park-charlton-county-ga-photo-copyright-brian-brown-vanishing-south-georgia.jpg?w=449&h=298][IMG: ...3 days ago -
Stephen C. Foster State Park Entrance
Vanishing South Georgia —
Authority: 140
http://www.gastateparks.org/info/scfoster/3 days ago
