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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Someone in Maine gunned down the last wild passenger pigeon
Though a captured bird remained alive in a zoo for another decade, nobody ever saw another wild passenger pigeon after a hunter shot one out of the sky in Bar Harbor in 1904.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
Backyard nature: A frog-eat-frog world
Blue frogs. Green frogs. Little, big and mean frogs. I had to shelter at home and our pond has become my means for mental stimulation.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
VIDEO: What it means to be as busy as a bee
Sun Journal photographer Russ Dillingham has the buzz from Tuesday morning.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2019
It’s a boom year for acorns, but the reason is a tough nut to crack
'Mast years,' when oaks of a certain type drop more seed than usual, occur every 2 to 5 years, and scientists can't explain why.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2019
Where art and science meet: North Yarmouth artist renders wildlife
Fresh off a residency at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michael Boardman wants to educate the public through his art about threats to breeding birds.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Birding: For over 100 years, ordinary people have contributed to the field of ornithology
The web-based iNaturalist, with its social networking component, continues that tradition, in a 21st-century way.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2019
PHOTOS: Sweet nature in Livermore Falls
Hummingbird moths and bumble bees feast on nectar, pollen, respectively.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2018
Gail A. Howe
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PublishedAugust 1, 2018
Wasps in a tangle
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PublishedJuly 3, 2018
Christopher J. Chappell
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