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A New Old Genesis Commentary – The Mather Project
An interesting new resource for research into 17th century natural history has been made available this year in the form of the first of what will be 10 volumes of the monumental work Biblia American...
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NH Notes: Exploding Termites – Sacrifice for the Good of the Whole Organism
One of the stranger behaviors of termites was reported this past week and a summary can be found in a note in Nature. This report contains a description of exploding termites! How, and probably more...
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NH Notes: A Diverse Array of Mushrooms in the Backyard
I would like to take a small diversion from my usual material on this blog to do a little backyard natural history. Our new home has almost a half acre of grass which abuts to our neighbors yard...
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NH Notes: Heat Sharing Huddling Penguins – A Benefit of Selfish Behavior?
In a paper entitled, “Modeling Huddling Penguins” in PLosOne (an Open Access journal) a few months ago mathematicians take on a difficult question in biology: Do individuals organisms make decisions...
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NH Notes: A Follow-up About Heat Sharing Huddling Penguins
I’m posting a short follow-up to a story about huddling penguins that I wrote about a few weeks ago (Heat-sharing Huddling Penguins – A Benefit to Selfish Behavior?). I was pointed to a really...
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Consider the Ostrich: Job 39 and God’s Commentary on His Creation – Part I
The book of Job, which is an exploration of the problem of human suffering, contains some of the most descriptive language about the natural world in all of Scriptures. Job 39 in particular sees God...
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Night of the Invasive Earthworms: A Horror Story for Northern Forests
We all learned from an early age that earthworms are God’s good gift to gardeners. They rework the soil and help to degrade leaf litter thus helping to make nutrients and water available to plant...
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NH Notes: Ancient Lava Flows and Inverted Valleys in Utah
How does a hill get a flat top? The picture below is a Google Maps satellite image of St. George Utah. To the left you can see an airport. This airport is on top of a long hill whose top is well over...
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Dragon Tales, UFOs and the Creation Museum
Since its inception, one of the Creation Museum’s most provocative exhibits has been one that places dinosaurs and man side by side. While this is anachronistic to most people at least everyone agrees...
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NH Notes: Fuzzy Orange Galls on Oak Leaves
My 5-year-old daughter is very attentive to the insect population around our house. She spends many hours collecting all sorts of insects and other animals. A month ago she brought me a leaf that she...
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NH Photography: Critters Around Our House This Fall
Nothing particularly profound today. I thought I would just share a smattering of pictures of critters that can be found on most any given early fall day around our home near Akron OH. Grace loves to...
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NH Notes: A Fish that Prefers to be on Land – The Pacific Leaping Blenny
This fish prefers to be out of water! The Pacific leaping blenny is back in the news again with the publication of further research on how they avoid being eaten by birds and lizards. Whoa, back up a...
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The Peat Bog: Chronicler of Human History
Peat bogs are a repository of the passage of time. They record changes in the earth's atmosphere and unique events such as ash falls from volcanic eruptions. Through careful analysis of bogs we can...
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NH Photography: Frosty Window
In case you hadn’t noticed it’s been a bit cold this winter. Here in Ohio we have already had more days below zero (Fahrenheit) than the last couple of years combined. Today I walked into my...
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Fishing for Fossils in the North Sea: The Lost World of Doggerland
Imagine trawling for fish and when you pull up your nets you find a massive bone or a huge tooth along with your catch. For over 100 years fishermen in the North Sea between Britain and Denmark have...
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NH Photography: Dragonflies of the North Carolina Coast
I recently took a hike at Currituck Banks Reserve on the outer bank of North Carolina. My daughter was fascinated by the hundreds of dragonflies buzzing around. We spent more than an hour watching...
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NH Photography: The Beauty of Thistles
Thistles are the common name typically given to members of several genera of sunflowers. These plants are not often thought of fondly as they seem to have little use for humans and most of them would...
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NH Update: Fuzzy Orange Galls on Oak Leaves, 2013-2015
My now 7-year-old daughter is very attentive to the insect population around our house. She spends many hours collecting all sorts of insects and other animals. In the fall of 2013 she brought me a...
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The Pacific Leaping Blenny: A Fish that Prefers to be on Land
This fish prefers to be out of water! The Pacific leaping blenny is back in the news again with new research on how they avoid being eaten by birds and lizards. Whoa, back up a bit you say. A fish...
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Exploding Termites – Sacrifice of an Individual for the Good of the Whole...
When do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one, as Spock suggested in Star Trek II? I have no interest in defending the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham, especially as...
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