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O Halloween, Arachnophobia, Entomophobia, and Why Insects Exist

October 30, 2014 Paul Ross, U.S. Forest Service

They squirm, crawl, scurry and swarm … and they’re all around us. More than 900,000 species of insects and arachnids are found around the world, and some people would rather not come into contact with even one of the often misunderstood critters. The fear for me came when I was 7 years old during...

Forestry

Web of Intrigue: New Spider Species Spotted on Fort Pierre National Grassland

April 15, 2014 Meghan Stump, Nebraska National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

When a new species is discovered on the planet, people usually imagine a discovery process that is dangerous and remote in location. However, one scientist didn’t have to venture far from home to learn about a few new discoveries that has the science community spinning about a native grassland...

Forestry
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