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Plant Time Travelers: Seeds That Sprouted After Centuries
For humans, time travel involves the invention fantastical machines, macguffins, or blue police boxes, but…
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Investigating The Autumn Palette: Why Do Leaves Change Color?
With fall already in full-swing in the United States and elsewhere, we Americans are treated…
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The Pampas: Grasslands of Life and Wind
Our last sojourn to wild lands took us to the teeming swamps of the Everglades,…
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Shared Skies: Bats, Insects, and Other Masters of Flight
Most of the time, when we think about the power of flight, we think of…
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Defensive Superpowers: How Ocean Creatures Protect Themselves
If one were to sail across the ocean on a calm day, one might see…
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Horticultural Heroes: Plants with Superpowers
Here at True Investigator, we pride ourselves on uncovering the most unusual, offbeat organisms every…
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Architects of the Wild: How Ecosystem Engineers Shape the Natural World
Over the years, we have spoken an awful lot about the interconnected nature of...nature. The…
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The Congo: A Living Heart of Africa’s Wild Heritage
Deep in the heart of Africa, lies a primordial world that has fascinated explorers and…
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Australia’s Coasts and Reefs: A Living Tapestry of Ocean Life
Up to this point, our True Investigator World Tour has taken us to some pretty…
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Swift Shoots: Exploring The Fastest-Growing Plants on Earth
Folks who spend their days "watching the grass grow" are either the types of patient…
Posted inSea
Lobsters and Crayfish: Freshwater and Saltwater Cousins of the Crustacean World
Mudbugs, crawdads, langostines—no matter what you call them, a lobster or crayfish by any other…