Doe with 4 fawns

We saw a whitetail doe with 4 fawns at Boerner, first time I have ever seen one with 4.

Exploding deer population.

Giant Piles of Poop

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/these-mystery-mounds-are-actually-giant-piles-earthworm-poop?tgt=nr

Those are some big worms.

Brontosaur Killers

http://www.arca.museus.ul.pt/ArcaSite/obj/gaia/MNHNL-0000779-MG-DOC-web.PDF

Very interesting paper on predator/prey evolution in the Jurassic.

Looking for poop

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/how-animal-poop-could-be-key-solving-echidna-mystery

Never underestimate the value of finding the right poop.

Sugar in Space

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/key-sugar-needed-life-could-have-formed-space?

Yet another example of truth is stranger than fiction.

Cats vs Rats

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-feral-cats-rats-abatement-met-20160407-story.html?

This is, indeed, life in the food chain.

Wood Wide Web

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/trees-forest-are-social-beings.html

Trees are people, too.

Ancient Arthropod

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-arthropod-kept-its-brood-close?tgt=nr

Amazing preservation of details in a fossil.

Dog Poop Scofflaws

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-dog-poop-dna-testing-0324-biz-20160323-story.html

We need to do this in Hales Corners.  The streets are thickly lined with dog poop.

The entire village emits the intense fragrance of dog poop.

New Tyrannosaur

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-tyrannosaur-bridges-gap-medium-monstrous?tgt=nr

New dinosaur finds are always exciting, but I have always been especially fond of tyrannosaurs.

Deer in the yard

Just before dusk, there was a lone whitetail deer in the backyard.

Only here a few minutes before moving on.

First deer we have seen in the yard since last fall.

Mite/Virus Alliance vs. Honeybees

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/mite-virus-alliance-could-be-bringing-down-honeybees?

Very bad.

Coyote scavenging hog carcass

This is Life (and Death) in the Food Chain.

New fish species

http://blog.nature.org/science/2016/02/08/theyre-electric-two-new-fish-species-discovered-in-gabon/?src=e.nature&lu=3386702&loc=b2

Very exciting.