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'Right or wrong, our country' is a popular but flawed expression of patriotism; a morally responsible patriot, on the other hand, tries to protect and improve her country鈥檚 moral character.
It seems that reproductive success and sexual dimorphisms for dorsal color and for vision are inexorably interdependent in ruddy copper butterflies.
My viewing of winter solstice dawn was quiet, but I had the conviction that this sort of observation reached far back into history, all around the world.
Why did that one tree die? An expert is on the case.
Invasive propensities of the various species are enhanced and more successful in disturbed environments. Consequently, both native and introduced cattails are expanding their ranges.聽
My observation that fall temperatures and pollination seemed to last longer this year is anecdotal, but the anecdote seems to fit into a documented pattern of climate change altering the onsets and durations of the seasons.聽
Wildfires are a natural disturbance for these regions, but when combined with climate change and housing growth in the wildland-urban interface, they become larger and more destructive.
News that Sen. Kamala Harris was Joe Biden鈥檚 choice for the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee drove speculation and argumentation about her identity. The big question appeared to be, 鈥淚s Kamala Harris truly African American?鈥
The result of months of protests over racial injustice and monument destruction may seem like a modern form of American political speech. It鈥檚 not.
Wielding all of these defenses, these moths have little to fear from birds or bats and they ignore photographers with impunityTriangular leaf senecio, Senecio triangularis, is common on the eastern slope of Cimarron Ridge in the San Juan Mountains,