You DO realize SaNfaP is on Facebook, don’t you? Hit the “like” button here. It’s dinner time, and there are two food sources in your fridge. One has spent its life eating salads. The other has grown up scavenging rotting fish and, well, feces. Choosing dinner would be simple, wouldn’t it? Except for one minor complication: the dish that holds the scavenger contains lobster. And the one holding the […]
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Follow Science and Nature for a Pie on Facebook here. Some feed on insects, others on mice. Still others dine on ducks, and a very few are capable of making off with Pepe the Chihuahua. Some have a punch that packs a wallop, and most could spot a vole a hundred yards away. What they all have in common is that they are all raptors, and they all came to […]
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Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a house in the forest. There was a great big father bear, a middle-sized mother bear and a tiny baby bear. One morning, their breakfast porridge was too hot to eat, so they decided to go for a walk in the forest. While they were out, a little girl called Goldilocks came through the trees and found their house. […]
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What do George Washington, a 2300-year-old Hellenistic port, and bird bones have in common? Find the answer by clicking on this link to my story in URI’s Momentum: Research & Innovation magazine. Archeology
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Note: Last time, we looked at the increasing coyote population and a study that is currently underway to determine their habits as a way of controlling them. This is the second of two stories in the series. “All of a sudden my dog stopped and when I looked behind me, there was a coyote larger than a German shepherd.” A woman is being interviewed on a local TV station after […]
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No Comments Note: This is part one of a two-part story. In 1996, the bay froze and the coyotes came. No one knows exactly why. The winter was harsh, like the one just past. Food was tough to come by, and perhaps the signs were promising that on Aquidneck Island, or maybe Conanicut Island, life would be easier. Anyway, they came. And that was when the trouble began. Sometime later, […]
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Note: By now, you’ve heard that there’s a Science and Nature Facebook page, right? Of course you have. Find photos, factoids, and more when you visit www.facebook.com/scienceandnatureforapie and hit “Follow”. You’ll feel better for it. Apparently Siblings Day happened. I only know this because there was an eruption of comments related to the issue on Facebook recently: “To the best sister!” “So lucky to have siblings like you guys!” “Love […]
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Note: This is one of the first stories I had published as an outdoors writer back in May 2011. Since then, Roger Masse has gone on to successfully complete his doctoral degree. “Mr. Big-eyes.” That’s the nickname the 1917 volume Birds of America gave this evening’s quarry. Such whimsical monikers may be frowned upon in today’s no-nonsense field guides, but somehow the title fits the tiny bird that URI PhD […]
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No Comments Introduction: This is a story I wrote for 41°N, Rhode Island’s Ocean and Coastal Magazine, a publication of Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island . It revolves around an impact of sea level rise that may surprise some: the destruction of salt marshes. These are a vital part of the ecosystem, and this tale explains and explores the issue. http://issuu.com/41n_rhodeislandseagrant/docs/41degreesnorth-winter15/30
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For more photos, facts, and stories about the outdoors, “follow” Science and Nature for a Pie on Facebook: www.facebook.com/scienceandnatureforapie. They’re at the water: large, black and white birds soaring a hundred or more feet in the skies. Suddenly, they appear to hover in midair, five-foot wings changing to a scooping motion that allows them to pause and look. Then, the long wings tuck close to the body as they plunge […]
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