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Tools for discovering the migration patterns of egrets included a solar powered GPS and seven of the species. The greatest contribution for the study, though, came from the unique migratory story each bird had to tell in this tale.
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Animals of the mammal, insect, and reptile varieties, two programs designed to educate students about science, and a herpetologist were discussed in the sextet of articles part of this edition.
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Profiled was the North Carolina Museum of Art’s 20th Annual Bugfest, touted by the author as the single largest bug-centric event held in the United States. This article discussed the theme of that year’s event, ants. Also noted was two Museum ant experts and their NCSU colleague’s list of seven favorite ants, which included the Exploding Ant and Indian Jumping Ant.
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How bird beaks fit the bill when it comes to food consumption is by the shape of the bird’s beak. According to Evan Hunt, the shape determines what the bird eats (grass, fish, nuts, and insects) as well as how it eats (impaling or clamping down on its prey, for example).
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This quartet of profiles for this article covered topics. It ranged from the Dragonfly Detectives Program; new queen bee cells introduced to the North Carolina Museum of Art’s Discovery Room’s Observation Hive; a review of Caren Cooper’s Citizen Science: How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Science; Dr. Adrian Smith, winner of the 2016 Early Career Professional Outreach and Public Engagement Award.
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Highlighted in Tammy Stern’s article that proves soil’s importance is the abundance of creatures that call it home (one quarter of the earth’s animal inhabitants) and the types of soil that support plant life. In fact, the importance of soil was recognized in the traveling exhibition, “Get Soiled: Visit Dig It”! that opened at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in May 2015.
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The secret world of dandelions covers six of the seven continents. As Julia Steven also noted about this ubiquitous plant, it depends on a certain type of bacteria and fungi for its survival. Included was the scientific study that explored this relationship.
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Extreme ran the gamut from small to great in this North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences exhibit that ran through March 27th, 2016. Examples of anatomical features noted in the article for these showcased mammals were claws, fangs, snouts, and horns. Animals became accessible for visitors’ experience via visual displays, touchable fossils, and taxidermied specimens.
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A partnership was struck between scientists and illustrators to capture the artistry in anatomical design. This aspect, Meg Eberle disclosed, is not always possible in photography. Included in the article are illustrations of illustrators from centuries past, such as Charles R. Knight, and contemporary times, such as Liz Bradford.
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The dragon in this case was not associated with knights, but was of the insect variety. The dragon fly that Dr. Jason Cryan discussed in this article, Phrictus tripartitus, was noteworthy for two reasons. One, its large size (lending it a fearsome appearance) and two, rarity (15 species known in the world).
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Included in this issue’s collection of profiles were mice, chipmunks and the Thad Eure Jr. Memorial and Wake County Public School System School-to-Career Clouncil Outstanding Volunteer award winners. Also noteworthy were a toe bone discovery, family tree chronicle, and survival stories of the mice, chipmunks, and prehistoric birds that told evolutionary tales extending far beyond their animal owners.
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According to Tracey Peake, what made the tail in the ankylosaur’s tale noteworthy were these speculations: its tail club construction; and which part of the tail club’s anatomy developed first.
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Serving as a tour guide for North Carolina’s three regions, the author advises for these areas the best places to visit, best times of the year to visit, and special considerations to take when visiting. Regarded must see areas included Pocosin Lakes and Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuges; Swift Creek Bluffs and Johnston Mill Nature Preserves; Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Among the things North Carolina Natural Museum’s staff voted as the best from its Nature Exploration Center and Nature Research Center: Diving Pelican, Coastal Hall Exhibit; Mountains to the Sea; Maine Lobster, Arthropod Zoo; Window on Animal Health; Micro World iLab; and Touchable Meteorites.
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Characteristics that make this galaxy extremely rare, according to the author, include its classification (Hoag type galaxies) and features such as a well-defined elliptical core. Also discussed were general features of galaxies, such as galaxy rings.
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