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Why do beech trees keep their leaves all winter?
A multitude of events has conspired to prevent me from writing about the Natural Wonders question I had planned, so I’ll save that one for next time and…
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Does the appearance of a plant hint at its medicinal uses?
Plus a game -- try your hand at the Doctrine of Signatures!
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March 2024

Should you give your dog a rattlesnake vaccine?
Plus, an update on beavertail juice and how nature makes us happier and more generous…
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What’s living in this hole in the creekbank?
Plus spiders and lichen and rivers -- oh my!
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February 2024

How does lichen survive on a metal gate?
and what even IS lichen?
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What is this curlicue ice coming out of the ground?
Things that make winter just a little more fun
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January 2024

How does one stream “capture” another?
River beheadings and other violent imagery from millions of years ago
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Why do cats have vertical pupils?
...while tigers have round ones?
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December 2023

What mysteries hide within a tree?
Of spalting and zone lines and pregnant trees
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November 2023

Why is only half this tree changing color?
A mini-edition of Natural Wonders
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Why do beavers need to build dams?
Beavers are actually vanilla-flavored underwater missiles
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Why are bees so pissed off in the fall?
... the weather's turning, and the bees are mad...
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