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03
Dec

An Eyewitness to Climate Change

Starting on December 7, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference. With the Copenhagen summit on the horizon, “Climate Change and Our World“, an exhibit …

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24
Nov

Darwin and the Story of Life

On November 24, 1859, John Murray published Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”. That same …

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23
Nov

California Natural History Survey

Calling all outdoor enthusiasts: University of California Press is conducting a survey. Your anonymous responses will enable University of California Press to advance its offerings for those interested in the natural features …

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23
Nov

The Helpful World of Insects

Many people dismiss insects as pests, but without them, as entomologist Gilbert Waldbauer puts it, “life as we know it would be impossible, and human beings would probably become extinct.” Waldbauer was …

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09
Nov

Charles Darwin On Tour

If you think you see Charles Darwin roaming the streets this month, it might be Richard Milner, the singing Darwin scholar. Since his graduate school days, Milner, a science historian and author …

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02
Nov

How the Dinosaurs Lived

As a dinosaur paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, author, and educator, Scott Sampson‘s work reaches into the past, present, and future. While holding a dual position at the University of Utah and the university’s …

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30
Oct

Full Circle on the 38th Parallel

David and Janet Carle have completed the trans-America portion of their 38th parallel adventure. Over the past month they have explored how water, environment, and culture intersect at this latitude across the …

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19
Oct

Tracking the Elusive Monitor Lizard

Dragonlike and prehistoric-looking, monitor lizards, or varanids, are uncommonly intelligent: “I dare anybody to…look a monitor lizard in the eye. It’s looking back at you”, says Eric Pianka, lizard expert and co-author …

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