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Novelist Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles centers on an array of birds that visit her yard, as Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World recalls lessons from birds that galvanized her teaching.
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The trumpeter swan is the largest, native waterfowl in North America. They're also no longer considered endangered in Ohio.
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The domestic cats who share homes with so many of us are descended from shy, solitary North African wild cats. And they've had to learn over time to communicate with humans.
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The revamped Ring of Fire exhibit focuses on the "World of the Octopus."
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Cicadas, and the way they urinate, offer a "perfect" lab for understanding fluid dynamics at very small scales, researchers say
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Dogs can be bullies, too, canine behavior experts say, and fights can result in dogs learning inappropriate behaviors from other dogs.
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Last year, Ohio biologists collected a pregnant fisher killed on the side of the road. They say it's a sign the weasel-like animal could be reproducing here again, for the first time in more than a century.
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Having too many deer can cause problems with forest regeneration and make it easier for invasive plant species to take hold.
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Bow hunters help local parks keep deer numbers in check, which protects ecosystems and reduces vehicle strikes.
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For Groundhog Day in 2024, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, elating a massive crowd at Gobbler's Knob.