1. Disturbing finds in the Greenland ice sheet. (link)
2. A blogger discovers why wooden shoes are practical after all. (link)
3. The definitive article about periodical cicadas, especially brood X. (link)
4. Jan Coyne recommends this thread on animals interrupting wildlife photographers. (link)
5. There's a movement to make the Ocmulgee river corridor area into a national park and preserve. If you're unfamiliar with the area read this article by Janisse Ray.
(link). The national park service has a page for public comment: (link). The public comment period ends March 26.
2. A blogger discovers why wooden shoes are practical after all. (link)
3. The definitive article about periodical cicadas, especially brood X. (link)
4. Jan Coyne recommends this thread on animals interrupting wildlife photographers. (link)
5. There's a movement to make the Ocmulgee river corridor area into a national park and preserve. If you're unfamiliar with the area read this article by Janisse Ray.
(link). The national park service has a page for public comment: (link). The public comment period ends March 26.
A Rambler sent me the following comments:
There are over 400 NPS sites of various types, seven regional offices, HQ in D.C., and every entity wants more staff and money to fulfill it's mission. When a new park is established, e.g. Flight 93 National Memorial, Congress may or may not provide additional staffing and funding, but require the NPS to "do more with less."We are coming up on the 250th of the American Revolution. Kettle Creek battlefield is now an "affiliated" are of the NPS. It is a nice little spot, good wildflowers, good county park. Many congressmen has his/her little site to add to the NPS so they can tell the home folks about the great park they have established.
There are billions of dollars of current infrastructure needs in existing parks. Visitation will be incredible after the Covid crisis is over. We can spend fifty billion or so a year in A'stan, but the NPS gets less than three billion.The NPS has not had a permanent director in over four years, just a series of temporaries. No way to run an organization.I could rant on, but from my view the current organization is in desperate need of cash for annual operations, as well as special projects such as infrastructure. Also a sore need for more high quality personnel.
6. A Guardian article that summarizes recent research: sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information. Whalers' logbooks show rapid drop in strike rate in north Pacific due to changes in cetacean behavior. (link) Here's a link to the free research publication. (link)
7. Green bridges in Germany are keeping a growing gray wolf population - and their prey - safe. Road accidents account for over 75 percent of all known wolf mortality in Germany (link)
8. How did the bear cross the road? Wildlife corridor's success caught on video. The important project allows safe movement for even some of the largest mammals in North America. (link)
9. Painting the blades of wind turbines helps birds avoid them A Norwegian study found avian fatalities fell 70 percent after painting one blade black. (link)
10. The next two articles are related: A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years. (link)
7. Green bridges in Germany are keeping a growing gray wolf population - and their prey - safe. Road accidents account for over 75 percent of all known wolf mortality in Germany (link)
8. How did the bear cross the road? Wildlife corridor's success caught on video. The important project allows safe movement for even some of the largest mammals in North America. (link)
9. Painting the blades of wind turbines helps birds avoid them A Norwegian study found avian fatalities fell 70 percent after painting one blade black. (link)
10. The next two articles are related: A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years. (link)
11. Fairy lantern flower has a gaping 'mouth' and saps energy from fungi. (link)
12. Some frogs have noise-cancelling lungs to dampen other species' calls. (link)
13. Planting a tree? Choose a native species and save some insects. (Be sure to read the comment by DeLisa). (link)
14. Tardigrades, natures great survivors. (link)
15. As climate changes, so does life in the planet's soils. To understand what might be lost, ecologist Janet K. Jansson taps molecular methods to explore Earth's underground microbes, from the permafrost to the grasslands. (link)
16. How is a frog's tongue like a bottle of ketchup? First, read about the ketchup (link). Then listen to a podcast about frog saliva. (link)
13. Planting a tree? Choose a native species and save some insects. (Be sure to read the comment by DeLisa). (link)
14. Tardigrades, natures great survivors. (link)
15. As climate changes, so does life in the planet's soils. To understand what might be lost, ecologist Janet K. Jansson taps molecular methods to explore Earth's underground microbes, from the permafrost to the grasslands. (link)
16. How is a frog's tongue like a bottle of ketchup? First, read about the ketchup (link). Then listen to a podcast about frog saliva. (link)
