The Tinian Monarch is a flycatcher found only on the 39 square mile island of Tinian, which is adjacent to the island of Saipan and part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). The species was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1970 because of persistent low populations […]
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Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity of the oceans is even greater. Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer he genus Glycera is a group within the Class of Polychaetes that are commonly referred to as blood worms. They are found in marine sediments in shallow water. They have a creamy pink
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“Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful.”“Ain’t hateful, just persuades him- ‘s not like you’d chunk him in the fire,” Jem growled.“How do you know a match don’t hurt him?”“Turtles can’t feel , stupid,” said Jem.“Were you ever a turtle, huh?”– Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird This is a large freshwater
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Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads,Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up yum!In the morning laughing happy fish headsIn the evening floating in the soup,Ask a fish head anything you want toThey won’t answer, they can’t talk – Fish head song, Barnes and Barnes his is a small rockfish with a wide range, inhabiting the
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I made the esperiment, found that they became perfectly soft by boiling, but had a very bitter taste, which was naucious to my palate, and I transferred them to the Indians who had eat them heartily— Meriwether Lewis, August 22nd, 1805 Bitterroot is a widespread plant throughout the arid western United States. Its range includes
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