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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

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Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. I happen to be particularly fond of turtles because my family has taken care of a small box turtle for 30 years (beware–turtles are extremely low-maintenance pets but will outlast your child’s youth and probably your life). ©2021 text by Jeffrey E. Geological Survey.

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Nature Blog Network: A Eulogy

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We nature bloggers were part of the scene, first as part of the seminal science carnival Tangled Bank and later with our own community carnivals like, of course, I and the Bird. Remember the blog carnival craze? We deserve our own toplist, don’t we?

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

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But it is utterly bewildering to me to see news reports about this recent science that read “… An icon knocked from its perch&# or “Archaeopteryx no longer first bird.&# This has happened before, Archaeopteryx and the bird family tree have had an often tenuous relationship.

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