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    February 24, 2016

    Variations on a spider theme

    Scientists aren't sure why the same species of spider has three different markings, writes Dana Wilde.

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    February 10, 2016

    Brute neighbors in Troy

    Raccoons, skunks, deer and a weasel — all part of life for the Backyard Naturalist.

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    January 27, 2016

    The discovery of Planet X

    If astronomers spot a new planet on the order of the size of Neptune or Uranus, we'll be back to a nine-planet solar system, writes Dana Wilde.

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    January 13, 2016

    A morphology of Maine winter

    On some January afternoons, the only things breathing are words, writes Dana Wilde.

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    December 30, 2015

    The value of a fact

    The Earth is not flat, it never has been, and no one but a careless-minded handful ever thought so, writes Dana Wilde.

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  • Published
    December 23, 2015

    Holiday cheer to help us through the darkest days

    The sun is at its lowest high point in the sky and winter is about to set in hard, so we might as well celebrate the recent harvest and the remnants of our summer cheer, writes Dana Wilde.

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    December 9, 2015

    The amazing grace of the great blue heron

    The underpinning of our experience here on Earth is our experience of its beauty, writes Dana Wilde.

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    November 25, 2015

    November’s gray dissolution is astounding

    This time of year is kind of a magnificent desolation that telescopes your mind, Dana Wilde writes.

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    November 11, 2015

    An unsettling view of life from the backyard

    With scientific signs pointing toward extraterrestrial life, Dana Wilde ponders the unsettling questions raised by mounting evidence that we're not alone in the universe.

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    October 28, 2015

    Here at the end of October

    Next year's firewood is cut, split, stacked and permanently covered beside The Shed, part of the fall ritual, writes columnist Dana Wilde.