the-fish-with-the-fishy-name 
Academy of Natural Sciences
MARCH 31, 2022
There are 36,128 species of fishes. We know that because back in the 1980s, an ichthyologist named Bill Eschmeyer started a Catalog of Fishes at The California Academy of Sciences. How could ichthyology — by far the noblest of all the -ologies — have assigned such a puerile and vulgar name to one of its own?
Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
It’s a … fish? Although most fish don’t take to the skies, flying fish are one spectacular exception (kind of). Read on to see how flying fish get their distinctive name and learn more fun facts about this small but impressive species. What are flying fish? Can flying fish actually fly? It’s a bird!
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PA Environment Daily
JUNE 3, 2022
On the hunt, the bittern stalks deliberately along the water’s edge, or stands rock-still ready to snap up small fish, frogs, snakes, insects, and even small mammals, and swallow them whole. But the bird he slowed to a crawl for was virtually invisible: an American bittern , hiding in plain sight. Only its brilliant gold eye gives it away.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 3, 2022
A welcoming environment for you and wildlife The Audubon Society, National Fish and Wildlife and many other outfits will guide you in creating and certifying an official “backyard habitat.” By Brodhead Watershed Association , Monroe County Do you have a bird bath in your yard? A few shrubs? A brush pile by the back fence? inches deep.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 4, 2022
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PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.
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