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Panhandle Outdoors LIVE – Watershed School – Week’s Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

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February 12, 2016

Fishermen fish the marshes of Weeks Bay while a pelican looks on. Photo: WeeksBay.org Mobile Bay?… part of the Florida panhandle?… Really?… Well… yes… during the colonial period “West Florida” extended west to the Biloxi ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Estuarine, LIVE, National, Outdoors, Panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors, Research, Reserve, School, Watershed, Week’s

Crash Course in Taxonomy, or, What Those Odd Latin Terms for Bugs Mean


February 5, 2016

Perhaps you've noticed that our Bug Week writings often contain Latin terms for bugs. For example, if we mention the common bed bug we’ll probably reference its scientific name, Cimex lectularius. Or when we talk about grasshoppers we might ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Water, Wildlife
Tags: #ufbugs, BugWeek, Genus, Species, Taxonomic Classification, Taxonomy

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