Jaymee Squires
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The mysteries of nature are numerous and vast, encompassing questions large and small and constantly teasing us to unravel their riddles. One of these mysteries involves the phenomenon of delayed..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Earlier this month, President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act, officially making the American bison the national mammal of the United States. The great bison now joins the ranks of the..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be changed from one form to another. So says the all-powerful, all-governing, and all-encompassing First Law of Thermodynamics, also known as..
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Topics: Curious Nature
As the sky grew dark the other night, I stepped out into the growing twilight to call my kids in from their play and I was treated to one of my favorite nighttime sights. The slightly awkward..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Some of my best memories from childhood are of sneaking into my mom’s garden to gorge myself on sweet peas. As I now watch my own children doing the same thing, I smile secretly to myself as it..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a catkin! A what? Yes, the catkins are coming, but what are they? Think you’ve never seen a catkin? You’re probably wrong. That’s because they..
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Topics: Curious Nature
The natural world is the ideal place for scavenger hunts of all shapes, sizes, and formats. See below for a series of easy fun scavenger hunts to have with your family while out and about in nature..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Family Activities, Kids Activities
Geocaching is the exciting new adventure game where players venture out into the wilderness in search of caches hidden and marked by their GPS coordinates. Geocachers usually start by looking for..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Family Activities, Kids Activities
Spring is in the air in many ways right now, but that’s not always a good thing. Even as we stroll peacefully along with the scents of springtime sailing around, we are often blissfully ignorant of..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Wildlife sightings can be such fleeting experiences. My husband is much better at spotting animals than I am, and he often astounds me by pointing out bighorn sheep from the highway that are just a..
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Topics: Curious Nature
