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Glacier National Park in northern Montana covers more than one million acres of mountains, forests, meadows, lakes, and valleys in the Rocky Mountains. It lies on the border of Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park. Together, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is a World Heritage Site — places…

Glacier National Park

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is a species of Old World monkey. Old World monkeys are primates that have tails, but their tails are not prehensile. Much of their face lacks hair, giving way to prominent expressions. Rhesus monkeys are found throughout southern and eastern Asia…

Rhesus Macaque

The Himalayas traverse India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Pakistan. The Himalayas impact the climate of the surrounding regions, and the snow and ice of the mountains is a source of water for perennial rivers and tributaries. The Himalayas provide habitat for many globally threatened species…

Mountain

The Pyrenees Mountains support some of Europe’s highest diversity of butterfly species (http://bit.ly/1Pvg4nN). I wrote this haiku when I visited the Pyrenees this past summer. During my visit butterflies were abundant, and I read a local article about the importance of the Pyrenees for butterfly…