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Mark Moffett, Adventures Among Ants

Image credit: Mark Moffett If we never grew up and stopped playing in the dirt, says Mark “Dr. Bugs” Moffett , we’d never lose our fascination with ants. Alas, most of us have lost touch with the insect friends of our childhood. Mark Moffett is one of the world’s leading explorers and a biologist with an acute ant fixation (he did, afterall, get his PhD under E. O. Wilson , the grandaddy of ant scientists). Moffett’s articles and remarkable photographs appear regularly in

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Southern California’s Mountain Lions Become International Diplomats

Photo via angel_malachite A decade-long study of Southern California mountain lions by The Nature Conservancy has yielded a new first. A young lion that goes by the handle M53 found a way to cross a human-made barrier that could have international consequences. When M53 managed to successfully cross the US-Mexico boarder, he inadvertently became somewhat of a diplomat for other lions, and is helping scientists at The Nature Conservancy protect the wildlife corridors the animals need to survive. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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