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Over many years, snow can compress into large, thick ice masses—glaciers. Glaciers move very slowly over time, carving out the landscape and creating new features. Glaciers have fall lines like rivers where the bed of the glacier narrows and descends rapidly, creating an icefall (like…

Glaciers Under Siege

Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are waders, also known as shorebirds. They breed in the Arctic—Siberia and western Alaska—in June and July. They winter across the Pacific—southeast Asia to northeastern Africa, as well as California and Hawai’i. Kōlea is the Hawai’ian name for the species.…

Kōlea

I grew up in a small village; home to ~1,000 people. Growing up, I was really fortunate to encounter diverse fauna and flora in and around the village. However, as an adult I have lived in towns and cities, areas we would now tend to call…

A neighbour

Many flowering plants cannot reproduce without pollen deposited by foraging animal pollinators. Ecosystems, wildlife, and people benefit substantially from the work of these animals. They maintain plant biodiversity, play important parts in food webs, and contribute to oxygen production and carbon sequestration by aiding plant…

Pollinators

Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana) are even-toed ungulates (hoofed mammals), also known as artiodactyls. They can be found in western and central North America. Their historical range included parts of Mexico and Canada, but they mostly reside in the United States today. Pronghorns are the fastest land…

Conservation Comeback

Sperm whales (Physeter microcephalus) are odontocetes—a categorization for toothed whales and dolphins. Sperm whales are the largest of the odontocetes, with females weighing up to 15 tons (13,607 kg) and males weighing up to 45 tons (40,823 kg). They inhabit all oceans of the world.…

Vulnerable Might

Like the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), more than half of the seven species of sea turtle are classified as endangered or critically endangered. The green turtle is a large sea turtle, weighing up to 700 pounds (317.5 kg), and the only herbivorous species. Green turtles…

Being green turtle

The Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is an island in the southernmost portion of South America. The island is shared by Chile to the west and Argentina to the east. It is the Argentine portion which is home to Tierra del Fuego National Park,…

Subantarctic Park

Schismatogobius insignum is a tiny scaleless goby that lives in the rivers of Northern Australia and other rivers across the Indo-Pacific. In Australia the species has only been recorded in a handful of streams including the Little Mulgrave River, which is where the fish in…

Scaleless

The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) generally inhabits slow-moving freshwater—such as slow-moving streams and rivers, marshes, lakes, and ponds—with areas of dense vegetation for shelter and feeding. The species is native to Canada, the continental United States, and northern Mexico….

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