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INTO THE FIELD
From The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
A Legacy on the Chesapeake Bay
After forty-one years of surveying the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab and oyster populations, George Abbe is retiring. He leaves behind quite a legacy, most notably his role as leader of the longest continuous survey of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) population in the Chesapeake Bay. Most of this project was conducted as a research scientist at the Morgan State University Estuarine Research Center (ERC) on the Patuxent River in St. Leonard, Maryland. It’s been important work that has helped scientists and environmentalists understand the nature of the bay.
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Extinct peccaries roam
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PICKS FROM THE PAST
Historical and entertaining selections from
a century’s-worth of Natural History
Bones in the Brewery
The discovery of peccary bones in a St. Louis brewery cellar (1946)
The Darwin Celebration
In honor of the centennial anniversary of Darwin's birth (1909); 2009 will mark the bicentennial.
“Robinson Crusoe’s Children”
The descendents of the mutineers of the Bounty (1928)
The Arizona Revisited
Divers explore the legacy of Pearl Harbor (1991)
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REVIEWS
By Laurence A. Marschall and Diana Lutz
Boys and girls of the Surma and Mursi tribes, in the Omo Valley at the juncture of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan, paint their faces and bodies with wild graffiti-like designs that range from intricate geometric patterns to flamboyant harlequin makeup. In Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa, photographer Hans Silvester celebrates their creative individuality. His book is one of six titles “for the coffee table” that Lawrence A. Marschall suggests as gifts for others—or for yourself. Others feature endangered places, owls, Egypt’s underwater treasures, Australian marsupials, and dinosaurs. And Diana Lutz provides an expert roundup of nine recent books that will appeal to “budding scientists.” Among those she recommends for young readers is Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, by Janet Schulman, with illustrations by Meilo So. Titles for advanced readers include A Life in the Wild: George Schaller’s Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts, by Pamela S. Turner.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Robert McCracken Peck (“The Art of Bones”) is interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History.
Hear interview
(MP3, 17 min., 40 sec.)
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