by Shadow Habitat | Jul 14, 2022 | Science Communications
We know that fire can be devastating to wildlife, but its effects on smaller creatures like insects are lesser studied. Some critters thrive in extreme heat like desert insects, they live in sand dunes that reach 180 degrees Fahrenheit (82 degrees Celsius)! Other...
by Shadow Habitat | Jul 4, 2022 | Goings on at SHADOW
SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is looking to fill the role of Program and Development Director! The Program and Development Director (updated from Executive Director) is the key management leader and is responsible for overseeing the administration,...
by Shadow Habitat | Jun 30, 2022 | Science Communications
The natural world is filled with colorful, magnificent, and fabulously diverse wonders. Many species of mammals, fish, and birds engage in nonreproductive sexual behavior and display same-sex courtship, pair-bonding, and co-parenting. Species like bonobos, giraffes,...
by Shadow Habitat | Jun 29, 2022 | Feature Articles
Rainforests: the mere mention of the word conjures marvelous visions of lush, steamy jungles full of resplendent parrots and birds of paradise, butterflies on passion flowers, stalking jaguars, poison dart frogs calling beneath sprawling canopies from which...
by Shadow Habitat | Jun 27, 2022 | Native plants
Western Hemlock – Tsuga heterophyllaIn 1947, RCW 1.20.020 of the Washington state legislature declared, “that certain evergreen tree known and described as the Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) is hereby designated as the official tree of the state of...
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