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    Natural History Dispatch: The wild world of wasps
    Natural History Dispatch: The wild world of wasps
    By Tom Butler • October 18, 2017 1:30 am

    Lying here in the sun, listening to the faint hum of our honeybees come and go, it would be easy…

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    Natural History Dispatch: By any name, the cougar impresses
    Natural History Dispatch: By any name, the cougar...
    By Tom Butler • August 23, 2017 1:30 am

    A friend and I were sweating it up a mountain trail a couple of weeks ago, complaining about our packs,…

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    Natural HIstory Dispatch: Don’t overlook opossums
    Natural HIstory Dispatch: Don’t overlook opossums
    By Tom Butler • June 28, 2017 1:30 am

    Eeeeeyaaaaaa! Yaaaaaaa! Betty, come quick! Fido’s got a dead rat on the porch! It’s huuuuge!”

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    Natural History Dispatch: Embracing the bigleaf maple
    Natural History Dispatch: Embracing the bigleaf maple
    By Tom Butler • April 26, 2017 1:30 am

    Editor’s note: To see enormous bigleaf maples locally, go west across the bridge in Railroad Bridge Park.

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    Natural History Dispatch: Sizing up the peninsula’s black bear
    Natural History Dispatch: Sizing up the peninsula’s black...
    By Tom Butler • March 29, 2017 1:30 am

    Don’t let the cartoon image of the bumbling bear fool you. That’s only in Hollywood. Watch closely and you’ll see…

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    Natural History Dispatch: The fascinating fisher
    Natural History Dispatch: The fascinating fisher
    By Tom Butler • February 15, 2017 1:30 am

    If the wolverine was the weasel family’s bid for world domination, its cousin the fisher is the ninja warrior.

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    Natural History Dispatch: The curious life of the hare
    Natural History Dispatch: The curious life of the...
    By Tom Butler • January 25, 2017 1:30 am

    You wouldn’t think it, but a brown hare sitting stock still in your garden is amazingly hard to see.

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    Natural History Dispatch: Where does the fat go?
    Natural History Dispatch: Where does the fat go?
    By Tom Butler • December 14, 2016 1:30 am

    Let’s see. The fridge is stocked with butter and sour cream. The cupboard is full of sugar, salt and vanilla….

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    Natural History Dispatch: Life of the nimble Douglas squirrel
    Natural History Dispatch: Life of the nimble Douglas...
    By Tom Butler • November 16, 2016 1:30 am

    Up close I can hear the rough snicketing sound of claws and teeth on skin when they fall in a…

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