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SCROLL 20 Make the Pain Fly Away Birds with large brains relative to their size are better able to solve problems and respond to changing environments.  Those with smaller brains, on the other hand, appear less capable of behavioral adaptation.  As a result, they appear to be declining in number. —The Second Korus of theRead More »

SCROLL 19 Nowhere Man   A map provides one of the best examples of a picture being worth a thousand words. —The Eighth Korus of the Black Tree     TRACKER:  Dragonflies.  YES!  They’re the key!   Max sighed as the 10:15 blasted by.  Brilliant.  Attention, class.  The nutty professor’s in. There’d be no shuttingRead More »

SCROLL 18 A Hawk Stoops Hawks rarely dive straight down.  Instead, they dive at an angle in order to better catch their prey.   —The Fifth Korus of the Sapphire Tree     “Wot?” screamed Rodney. “You ‘eard me, Slug.”  Nigel’s eyes burned into Rodney’s like lasers.  “We’re attacking by bloody air.” Rodney gazed upRead More »

SCROLL 17 Friends Like These Most interactions between species involve food, and are generally brief.  There are many cases, however, where two or more species live in close association for long periods of time.  Such associations are called symbiotic—from the Greek word symbiosis, which means, “living together”.  Symbiotic relationships in which each species benefits areRead More »

SCROLL 16 Buzz OFF! The behavior of animals is often closely linked to impending weather.  Bees are said to stay close to their hives when a summer rain is imminent while birds fly close to the ground, increase their foraging, or gather to roost before bad weather sets in.  During good weather birds fly higherRead More »