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Toad Tuesday 4: Couch’s Spadefoot Toad from New Mexico
Photo of a spadefoot toad, buried in the sand. Continue reading
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Tagged Natural History, Toad Tuesday
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A glimpse inside a yellowjacket wasp nest
Peel back the outside layers of a yellowjacket wasp nest, and see what it looks like inside. Eggs, larvae, and pupae are packed away in little cells. An adult can be see as it just begins to emerge from its pupa. Continue reading
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Tagged Invertebrate, Natural History, Wasp
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Pacific Chorus Frogs in Eagle Nests
Citizen-scientists use remote cameras to watch pacific chorus frogs in eagle nests. You can watch too! Continue reading
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Tagged California, citizen science, Frog, methods, Natural History, pacific chorus frog
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Revisiting the most widely heard amphibian voice
In 1951, George S. Myers, an ichthyologist and curator at the Standford University Natural History Museum, published a paper in Copeia titled “The most widely heard amphibian voice.” He described how the calls of pacific chorus frogs appeared in movies … Continue reading
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One thousand photos of snakes capturing prey in nature
The internet has been a tremendous boon for gathering and sharing observations about nature. Outlets for natural historians range from interactive websites run by academics like the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology’s ebird, to informal discussion forums like the FieldHerpForum. One … Continue reading
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