Articles from February 2008
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Tufted Titmouse Identification Tips · 28 Feb 2008
The Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a small, gray-plumed songbird, easily recognized for the crest of gray feathers atop its head, its big black eyes, black forehead, and its rust-colored flanks. They are quite common throughout the...
The Mystery of Yellowstone's Rabbits · 18 Feb 2008
The Wildlife Conservation Society recently completed a study concluding that jack rabbits have quietly disappeared from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a region that includes riparian and mountainous terrain in and around Yellowstone National Park. It extends beyond...
Ancient Bats Could Fly But Not Echolocate · 15 Feb 2008
Two bat fossils recovered from the rocks of southwestern Wyoming have given scientists new clues about early bat evolution. The fossils have been classified as belonging to a new species of ancient bat, Onychonycteris finneyi, which lived...
Phil Forecasts Six More Weeks of Winter · 2 Feb 2008
It's Groundhog Day and that means people all across the country turn to Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog from Punxsutawney Pensylvannia, to find out if we'll have an early spring or six more weeks of winter. According...
