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  • Published
    December 7, 2016

    Remember, Rachel Carson was right

    Climate change is real, despite what your government may tell you, writes Dana Wilde.

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    November 23, 2016

    November’s bare clarity

    It's the monthlong moment when sunlight makes its final descent toward winter, writes Dana Wilde.

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    November 9, 2016

    The expanding universe

    Some astronomers in Great Britain reported that most likely, there are not 225 billion galaxies — there are upwards of 2 trillion galaxies in the universe, writes Dana Wilde.

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    October 26, 2016

    Once more to the spiders

    Even though they are now looking for places to spend the winter, there's still time for one more arachnid story, writes Dana Wilde.

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    October 12, 2016

    Canada geese a sign of autumn

    There's a lot more going on than meets the eye when the geese take flight in the fall, writes Dana Wilde.

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  • Published
    September 21, 2016

    Beauty in a trash line web

    A tiny spider's work of art prompts questions about its beautiful, symmetrical orb web, Dana Wilde writes.

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    September 7, 2016

    Summer’s getting ready to close down

    You might have noticed that where six weeks or so ago you were fooling around in your yard in twilight after 9 p.m., now in September daylight is fading out around 7:30, writes Dana Wilde.

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    August 24, 2016

    Late-August morning walk in Central Maine

    Turtles, birds, trees and flowers all part of the scene on a recent day, writes Dana Wilde.

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    August 10, 2016

    Despite disease, elm trees live on

    Biologists estimate that 1 in 100,000 elms has a natural resistance to Dutch elm disease, leaving a few behind where there once were many, writes Dana Wilde.

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    July 27, 2016

    The bedbug life cycle — explained

    Columnist Dana Wilde's brother is an exterminator who finds himself in some weird situations with bugs and humans.