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The Snapping Turtle
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (139+ words) The shells of snapping turtles tell their age. The measure of their overall size, of course and like tree rings, the concentric circles in the plates. It is much more than this. Putting a number to the years won't tell…...
CSMNH: Scientific Illustration of Birds with Virge Kask at The Benton Museum
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (127+ words) CT Examiner CSMNH: Scientific Illustration of Birds with Virge Kask at The Benton Museum Join this hands on scientific illustration workshop focusing on birds, alongside our Birds Up Close exhibit at the William Benton Museum of Art. Join this hands-on,…...
Great Blue Heron Rookery -- Black Hall River, Old Lyme
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) Feeding Time The fog is like snow. Snow when it is dry and fine and pure white, or blue white. Safe. A blanket. Safe and soft. And though the sun is [] The fog is like snow. Snow when it is…...
Estuary: Connecticut River Watershed Seminar Series: Avian Habitats: Zoom
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (106+ words) CT Examiner Estuary: Connecticut River Watershed Seminar Series: Avian Habitats: Zoom Jillian Liner of Audubon Vermont presents "Avian Habitats," As Director of Conservation for Audubon Vermont, Jillian oversees statewide work to protect and enhance priority habitats'from forests and riparian corridors…...
Logging of The Preserve Risks Long-Term Ecological and Economic Costs
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (171+ words) " Lea Sloan, 3. 31. 2026 Let's not wait till it's too late However, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment Protection (DEEP)'s Forest Management Plan is to actively log about 400 acres, reducing the forest to fragments over the next 20-30 years. In 2015, citizen coalition…...
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Tern Conservation and Research on Great Gull Island, A Jewel of Long Island Sound
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (149+ words) CT Examiner Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Tern Conservation and Research on Great Gull Island, A Jewel of Long Island Sound Margaret Rubega, Ph. D. , Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UConn, and Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History Over 50 years, Helen…...
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: The Art of Dutch Wetlands: Reclamation and Reconciliation
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (150+ words) CT Examiner Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: The Art of Dutch Wetlands: Reclamation and Reconciliation Sarah Mallory, Annette and Oscar de la Renta Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints, Morgan Library & Museum Wetlands, be it marshes, bogs, or sodden shoals, are…...
Rice's Whales, Connecticut's Responsibility and the Cost of Letting Extinction Happen
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (727+ words) " David Michel, 2. 7. 2026 This should matter deeply to Connecticut's federal delegation. Not only because extinction is irreversible, but because whales are keystone species whose loss would directly undermine the ocean systems that regulate climate, support biodiversity, and ultimately make human life…...
Norwalk Firefighters Free Swan From Iced Over River
5+ mon, 23+ hour ago (366+ words) " Gretchen Webster, 2. 3. 2026 A swan stuck fast in the ice of the Norwalk River was rescued Tuesday morning by a contingent of Norwalk firefighters and emergency medical personnel " a call that local first responders have handled more than usual this winter…...
'At Birth We Animals Emerge From Water, and Our Bodies, Whatever Size or Shape, Evolved to Retain it"
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (42+ words) " Scott Deshefy, 10. 22. 2025 Scott Deshefy is a biologist, ecologist and two-time Green Party congressional candidate. " Scott Deshefy, 12. 6. 2025 " Scott Deshefy, 9. 13. 2025 " Scott Deshefy, 8. 2. 2025 " Scott Deshefy, 1. 12. 2026 " Roger Senserrich, 1. 10. 2026 " Chris Powell, 1. 10. 2026...