Naturalist’s Notebook

Celebrating Appalachia’s magnificent biodiversity

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Scientists Describe Champion Trees of Virginia

Story by Maureen Halsema As I scrambled down…

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Above, Daddy’s Creek, one of the tributaries to the Obed River, part of the Emory River system. Top inset, the Tennessee Dace, a fish known from the Emory River system.

Emory River System: Beauty and Biodiversity in Peril?

By Dr. Anna George, Tennessee Aquarium “There is…

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Ruffed Grouse: Drummer of the Woods

By Maureen Halsema It sounds like a drum…

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Sunroots at Solstice Time

By R. Kelly Coffey As the sun weakens…

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There’s No Place Like Home for the Eastern Box Turtle

By Bill Kovarik He was probably on his…

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