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Celebrate Earth Day with Longwood BioBlitz

Do you know that April is the Earth month? Would you like to be a citizen scientist and celebrate the Earth month with Longwood BioBlitz? Come explore the biodiversity at Lancer park-find, identify and record species. Learn about local wildlife … Continue reading

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Red crayfish, blue crayfish, green crayfish and brown crayfish!!!

How many crayfish species occur here in the United States? Many people will say the red kind, the blue kind, the green kind and the brown kind…some may add a few more such as the green and brown kind and the … Continue reading

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“Blue tanks”

Yes, these are cattle tanks. But we are not allowed to raise cattle at Longwood University. Also, we are not calling them cattle tanks. We call them “mesocosms”. We are using these cattle tanks to conduct field experiments. You can create … Continue reading

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Why Lancer Park?

It is true that it’s a small piece of land in the middle of urban and agricultural landscape. However, it is close to campus, it has an array of habitats from wetlands to eastern deciduous forests, and it is at … Continue reading

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