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PublishedJune 24, 2020
Dana Wilde: The tale of a little boy and a grass spider
Sometimes I get chills when my mind homes in on the fact that spiders are sentient, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
Dana Wilde: Turn, turn, turn
Every kind of suffering and joy seems upon us here in early summer, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedMay 27, 2020
Dana Wilde: Ticks have already started their summer invasion
If you can’t remember ticks being much of a problem when you were a kid, it’s because they weren’t, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedMay 13, 2020
Dana Wilde: The best of the worst climate change cases
While the coronavirus has your attention, a more catastrophic threat to the human race — climate change — continues to boil along in the background, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
Dana Wilde: The pandemic quiet
Seismologists who spend their days listening to the Earth for signs of tremors and quakes have noticed pronounced downturns in noise levels during the pandemic, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedApril 8, 2020
Dana Wilde: When will it be safe to go out in central Maine?
The pandemic could subside during the summer, there could be a vaccine we can all get, but get yourself ready mentally, because this could be a really long haul, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
Dana Wilde: The force of nature that is the coronavirus
The coronavirus is an unavoidable natural disaster that can be lessened by deliberate, rational behavior and self-discipline, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2020
Dana Wilde: Bird numbers declining throughout North America
Since 1970, North America’s bird population has decreased by about 30%, with nearly 3 billion birds that used to be in the woods, grasslands and shore now gone, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Dana Wilde: The climate change truth is out there
More and more people are recognizing the reality of effects on the environment by looking at the data right before their eyes, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2020
Dana Wilde: Removing the scorpion-like beast from the bathroom sink
Commonly known as a house pseudoscorpion, aka Chelifer cancroides, these tiny creatures are sometimes known as book scorpions or false scorpions because they’re arachnids, Dana Wilde writes.
Backyard naturalist
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