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Get the Mercury out.
In an overcast morning in February, 2006, a bitter wind was blowing the streets of downtown Rochester. Environmental health and safety...
New York State Conservationist, 02/01/07 by Knight, Deborah · More from publication -
The fortunes of fishers: on the wane in the West, the weasel's numbers are waxing in the East
The first two fishers Sally Beckwith raised for release to the wild were orphaned adolescents, and they took her to fisher school. They leapt...
Animals, 01/01/03 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
Bearly making it: grizzly bears face an uphill struggle in the lower 48 states
The mother grizzly had been foraging with her two cubs when she smelled the carcass. The day before, a Yellowstone wolf pack had killed an elk....
Animals, 06/22/02 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
Woman of the wild blue yonder - Profile - woman pilot who flies wildlife researchers to survey animal populations - Brief Article
Sandy Lanham isn't what you normally think of as a genius. She'd always dreamed of learning to fly but thought you had to be Wonder Woman to do it....
Animals, 03/22/02 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
Uneasy neighbors: humans evicted wolves from Yellowstone and coyotes moved in. Now the wolves are back
The day before I arrived, the wolves killed an elk. As is the habit of wolves, they ate heavily and withdrew to lie down and digest. For four...
Animals, 03/22/02 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
WILDFIRE! - Yellowstone National Park fires show natural cycle at work
With flames roaring in Yellowstone National Park and elsewhere in the West, a look at how nature copes with forest fires may be surprisingly...
Animals, 09/22/01 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
Burrowers Of The Carrizo Plain - San Joaquin Valley, California - Brief Article
On a lonely dirt road, a truck crawls along through the dark. The driver holds a powerful spotlight in his hand and scans the grassland on his side...
Animals, 06/22/01 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
David versus Goliath - Brief Article
The gray, beady-eyed little bird in the cage seems an unlikely candidate for a savior. He has just learned to fly and lands hitting the perch with...
Animals, 11/01/00 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
Otters IN THE Balance
Cute little devils. Must have a terrible itch. These are typical first reactions of visitors watching sea otters in the tank at the Monterey Bay...
Animals, 05/01/00 by Deborah Knight · More from publication -
Land of the Vanishing Foxes - helping the San Miguel Island foxes survive
Keith Rutz kneels on the dry grass amidst an austere, treeless landscape and sets out an array of silver bowls. Into each he measures a few scoops...
Animals, 01/01/00 by Deborah Knight · More from publication
