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Myth Busted: Hibernation

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This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

Do bears truly hibernate and sleep away the whole winter?? Learn more about torpor and what it means for bears during the cold winter months ❄️🐻💤

Video Transcript:

Yawn As the days get. colder, it’s tempting to curl up for long winter naps.

Just as bears cozy up in their dens to hibernate during the cold winter months.

But are these hibernating bears truly sleeping the whole time?

Well, not so much…

After a period of increased eating to gain fat, bears enter a hibernation–like state known as torpor, in … Continue

Lapland Longspur: Arctic Avian

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

The Lapland Longspur is one of four species of longspur in North America (the other three are the Thick-Billed, Chestnut-Collared, and Smith’s Longspurs). However, the Lapland Longspur is the only member of its genus distributed across both the New and Old Worlds. It’s one of the most abundant breeding songbirds in the Americas, and is also a common breeder in Eurasia, where it’s known as Lapland Bunting.

The male Lapland Longspur is eye-catching in breeding plumage, with a head and upper body of rich chestnut and black, bisected by … Continue

Bad News: Trump Nominates Burgum

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This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

The election only just happened and we already have bad news already coming from Washington, D.C.

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Bad news coming out of Washington, DC. President-elect Trump announced his intentions to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior. This terrible decision will give authority of the nation’s public lands, wildlife and natural resources to a champion of oil and gas drilling.

After the President, the Secretary of the Interior has more power than anyone else in government over the nation’s public lands and natural resources. These … Continue