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Wrangling Deer From the Sky

To protect migration routes, wildlife biologists at the University of Wyoming are capturing mule deer by helicopter to learn exactly where they go, what they eat and how healthy they are. See, also, Article: For Mule Deer, an Incredible Journey @ NYT.

Friday Poll: Groundhog’s Bite

Jimmy the Groundhog’s Bite On Monday morning, Sun Prairie’s mayor, Jon Freund, awakened Jimmy the Groundhog to learn that animal’s weather prediction for conditions over the several weeks ahead. Jimmy decided to nip Mayor Freund in the ear: So, was Jimmy justified in taking a bite into someone who disturbed his slumber, or was this…

Deep Below the Water’s Surface…

Accompanying text for the video from the Schmidt Ocean Institute: Video of a newly discovered species is now the world’s deepest known fish recorded at 8,143 m depth. The fish has a novel body form that has not been seen before. It stunned scientists because in other trenches, there is only one fish species at…