Monthly Archives: October 2024

Signs of Fall 9: Prairie Dogs (from Pests to Keystone Species)!

(Click on the folowing link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Prairie dogs from pests to keystone species There are patches of open land all around us here in Northern Colorado that are full of prairie … Continue reading

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Signs of Fall 8: Yes! We Have No Bananas!

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Yes we have no bananas Twenty years ago I was in Madrid with a group of Penn State faculty, alumni and students. One evening, I … Continue reading

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Signs of Fall 7: More on Mosquitoes (Part 2)!

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … More on mosquitoes part 2 Last week we talked extensively about malaria and some of the mosquito related factors that were causing it to re-assert … Continue reading

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Signs of Fall 6: More on Mosquitoes (Part 1)!

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … More on mosquitoes part 1 Mosquitoes have been around since the middle of the Mesozoic (about 217 million years ago). Worldwide, there are approximately four … Continue reading

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Signs of Fall 5: The Wonders of Wastewater!

(Click on the following link to isten to an audio version of this blog …. The Wonders of wastewater At the beginning of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic it was relatively easy to get data about the number of active cases of … Continue reading

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