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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…

Videos

Fight for Wolf Valley | Yellowstone Wolf Dynasty

Yellowstone’s Druid Peak wolves became the most famous wolf pack in the world. Over a 14-year reign, the pack endures invaders and epic battles.

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Secrets of Marmot Hibernation

At Pitchstone Waters we have the Hoary Marmot. It can weigh 11-pounds and live 15-years. The animals emerge from their dens in April and go back in early August, when the green grass growth slows. Scientists have recently found that marmots do not age while hibernating, which in our area is eight months per year.

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Articles

Some articles we've been reading this week...

These ancient fish swam with the dinosaurs. They may not survive us. — National Geographic

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they have ever faced—until humans pushed them to the brink of extinction. Inside the urgent fight to protect the last of these living fossils.

These birds form mesmerizing clouds in the sky. Scientists may finally know why. — National Geographic

New research reveals why starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds.

How the Congo became the world’s most critical rainforest — National Geographic

For decades, one of the world’s biggest rainforests was largely invisible to climate science. Now a new band of researchers raised in Central Africa is changing that. And what they’re discovering there is revolutionizing our understanding of how to protect the planet.

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