Connecticut Windows On The Natural World

There may be no place better than Connecticut to discover nature. This blog tells of discoveries about geology, paleontology, ecology and fisheries made in the state over the past two centuries and connects them with events occurring around the globe today.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Dinosaur comes home to East Windsor

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East Windsor, CT--As discoveries of dinosaur bones go few are more distinguished. Yet, if not for folks like the local residents who gather...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

New CT Amphibians Video!

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We've just released a new video documentary that provides a view of Connecticut's frogs and salamanders that has never been availabl...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Amphibian enigmas

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Stamford, CT--Ask Dr. David Skelly how Connecticut’s frogs are doing and he’ll tell you there are more questions than answers. Horrific defo...
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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Bottom-Up Environmental Planning: CT EarthNet

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Traveling around Connecticut one hears similar discussions in towns from Greenwich to Thompson, Stonington to Salisbury.  More and more peop...
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Thursday, October 05, 2006

Search For The Magic Bullet (10th in a series): Eco-Theology

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To find a bright spot in the otherwise gloomy outlook for the environment Professor Roger Gottlieb of Worcester Polytechnic Institute argue...
Friday, September 29, 2006

Grasslands & Green Snakes

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Connecticut is home to a variety of snakes that are striking in appearance, such as the Eastern Milk Snake, Northern Ringneck, Worm Snake, N...
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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Search For The Magic Bullet (9th in a series): Community Greenways

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Chaplin, CT--Rusty Lanzit is in his element here beside the Natchaug River where it runs past his Christmas tree farm. "There's som...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Search For The Magic Bullet (8th in a series): Protecting Private Lands

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Brooklyn, CT—As a forester and conservationist, Steve Broderick knows better than anyone that it will be private owners who decide the futur...
Friday, August 04, 2006

Heat bugs: all the buzz

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"Heat bugs" may never show up on Google's list of top keyword searches, but in the last week we've had more hits on a post...
Sunday, July 23, 2006

Heat, Humidity & Mushrooms

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Hot and humid weather is good for at least one thing: mushrooms. In the age of air conditioning some might lose touch with goings on during...
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Monday, July 17, 2006

A Forest Buried Alive

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Newport, Oregon—Beach sands come and go. Along the central Oregon coast recently, unusually low tides scoured beaches down to their lowest ...
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Sunday, June 04, 2006

CT Wildlife Conservation Strategy

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Looking for the post about Connecticut's new wildlife conservation strategy that Peter Applebome wrote about in his column in Sunday...
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Friday, May 05, 2006

Back To The Devonian Seas

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The boys and I had a chance to hunt for fossils in what 400 million years ago were mud flats beneath a shallow Devonian sea that have since ...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Search For The Magic Bullet (7th in a series): Where The Wild Things Are

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It was amazing to witness. Connecticut's leading experts on all things wild taking turns to report on the status of the state's wild...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

One night during salamander migration

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Early spring is a time when salamanders and amphibians wake from winter slumbers and migrate to upland wetlands where they lay their eggs. O...
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