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Whale Watch
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Photo by Bryan Goff on Unsplash From creating bubble nets, jumping about 45-50 feet out of the water, imitating human speech, and sleeping standing up whales are amazing creatures that everyone loves to watch. Besides their amazing qualities, at the top of the food chain, whales play an important role in the overall health of the marine environment. For some whales like the Blue whale, they can consume as much as 40 million krills per day helping to regulate the flow of food in our oceans. But did you know that despite the whale's amazing qualities and their contributions to the ecosystem of the ocean, the U.S. Fish...
Celebrating OUR Bees
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Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash What’s happening to our hardworking bees? Bee it bumblebees, honeybees and other bees, OUR bees are disappearing. As winter starts to close and spring begins to bring on nature's most beautiful transformations, it’s time to bring our focus to one of nature's contributors to this natural process – our bees. Our bees are pollinators of strawberries, apples, beans, tomatoes, carrots and other vegetables which we need for nourishment. Let’s not forget livestock that graze our pastures, they are also dependent on bees to pollinate the plants that they feed on. Bees help support life and are...