By Elizabeth Farnsworth
Seeds are the beginning of life for so many of the plants that give humanity life: the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, the medicines that save us from disease. I am awed by all of nature, but nothing speaks to me of the miraculous so much as a seed.
By Henry Lappen
When I do my educational performance “A Passion for Birds,” I always ask the audience “What is a bird?” Depending on the age of the audience, I get quite a variety of answers. Someone usually starts with “It’s a flying animal.” I respond by pointing out, “Under that definition, bees and bats are birds.”
The results are in from this year’s 18th annual Biothon!
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