Monthly Archives: March 2019

Signs of Spring 4: Bumblebees and the Pursuit of Happiness (and More!)

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog!) Emotions are hard to quantify and have been a difficult area of research in non-human subjects. Long standing cautions against anthropomorphic explanations or descriptions in animal behavior studies have … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 3: Living in Groups

(Click here for an audio version of this blog!) There are many names for groupings of animals. A “herd” is usually a group of mammals with some sort of hierarchy and intra-group communication system. A “flock” is a similar type … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 2: Daylight Savings Time

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog!) Last weekend we changed over to Daylight Savings Time (DST). The “spring ahead” change in our clocks does nothing to alter the total amount of daylight we get in … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring 1: Monarchs!

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog!) As I reported last summer (Signs of Summer 8, July 25, 2018) monarch butterfly numbers and their reproductive efforts here in Western Pennsylvania looked good.  The fields at Harrison … Continue reading

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