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Matthew Church
The Continuing Saga of Snowcone the Right Whale
The legend grows. After disappearing from view in early summer 2021 with a severe entanglement that had been only partly released, Snowcone was not seen again by researchers until December…
Dead Trees Living
Cavities in snags and hollow trees provide essential habitat to countless bird, mammal and insect species. When cities take these trees down, usually to avoid legal liability, local wildlife disappears.…
Knowledge Gaps as Big as a Whale
We know frustratingly little about these massive creature’s movements. We know even less about where they congregate and why, how they choose their migration routes and what causes these to…
The Race to Save Females
The warm, shallow waters off northern Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina is where Right Whale females go. They’ll head south at the end of a year-long pregnancy to…
Blame it on ALAN
Canadian cities are responsible for the deaths of millions of migratory birds each year. They don’t have to be Life is hard for the average migratory bird. The extreme physical…
Fear itself
Being afraid is a powerful driving force in biology. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In 2010, a biologist named John Laundré was lead author on an academic paper…
Thinking Outside the School
As children head back to class, could increased outdoor education be an effective strategy in the COVID-19 era? Giving today’s children more opportunities to experience nature first-hand has grown in…
