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February 2021

Speciose Weekly - February 21st, 2021
In Brief: China to Protect More Species; Mackerel at Risk of Over-Harvesting; Phosphorus at Risk of Over-Mining; Biden Advances Environmental Plan; and…
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Speciose Weekly - Science Update #1
This week, we learn that many cities are quite biodiverse, focus on 15 new and surprising biodiversity issues, come to know our noisy oceans, and much…
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Speciose Weekly - February 8th, 2021
In Brief: New Report on the Economics of Biodiversity; Legal Precedent on Climate Accountability; Dams, Cities, & Pollution; Heroic Hedgerows; and much…
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January 2021

Speciose Weekly - January 29th, 2021
In Brief: Biden's Climate Plan in Motion; Rivers of a Different Color; Cicada Boom Due This Year; The Irony of Wood Pellet Production; and much more...
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Speciose Weekly - 1/24/21
In Brief: New President, New Trajectory; More Work Needed to Preserve Salmon; Cities Cause Rich Evolution; Ridiculously Large Animal Genome; and much…
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Speciose Weekly - 1/15/2020
In Brief: Bad News from 2020, Good News for 2021; Dire, but not Wolves; Economy in Tension with Ecology; Explaining Global Insect Declines; and much…
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Speciose Weekly - January 8th, 2021
In Brief: Insurrection at the Capitol; Pathogens are Evolving; Oil Development in Two Fragile Ecosystems; Pandemic Funds go to New National Park, and…
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Speciose Weekly - Inaugural Special Edition
In Brief: It's a New Year! These are the stakes for biodiversity in 2021.
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Exploring the past, present, and future of our species-rich world.
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August 2016

Of Mountains and Valleys
Another look into why South America has so many birds
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Why do only some species look different?
A jaunt into a fascinating evolutionary inquiry
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