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Meet the Scientist
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- Rosie and Riff Talk to Dr. Cindy Jumper, a Lung Doctor
- Rosie and Riff Talk to Lief Sigren, a Wetland Ecologist
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The Natural World
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Wildlife in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Insects
- Emerald Ash Borer Arrives on the NIEHS Campus
- Is the “Cat” Out of the Bag?: Eastern Bagworm
- NIEHS to Conduct Offensive to Protect its Ash – Emerald Ash Borer
- The Time Has Come – Emerald Ash Borer
- Couldn’t You At Least Say Something Nice About Me? – Cockroaches
- NIEHS Joins the Butterfly Highway
- Fall Webworms and Eastern Tent Caterpillars
- Pain and Anguish: Identification of the Campus Stinging Ants
- Protecting Yourself from Insect Associated Disease
- Fire Ants and Asian Needle Ants
- Sounding the Alarm for Monarch Butterflies
- Red Velvet Ants
- Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
- Is There Really a Highway in the Sky? Who Uses It Besides Birds and Planes?
- Mason Bees
- Do You See the Light? Glowing, Glowing, Gone
- Bee Hives Make Appearance on NIEHS and EPA Campus
- Separating Fact from Fiction: Cockroach Myths and Misconceptions
- Emerald Ash Borer Continues to Move Through North Carolina and Beyond
- Cicada! Bet You Can't See Me: Heard but Seldom Seen
- Figeaters Compete With Fig Eaters
- Let’s Raise our Glasses to the Fruit Fly Salute!
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Animals
- A Call of the Wild Goes Out – Western Coyote and Eastern Wolf
- Bears in North Carolina
- Jake the Snake and Friends Visit NIEHS
- L'Oie Toulouse? Qui, Moi?
- Myrtle the Turtle Lays Eggs
- NIEHS' Pat the Rat: The Tail of a Cotton Rat
- Oh Deer, Have You Herd?
- You Sure We're in the Right Line? - Turkeys in NC Counties
- Be a Ver-y Good Craftsman, Born to Fell?
- How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?
- Myrtle's Nest-egg Contributions Grow at NIEHS
- The Dawn of New Lawn Fawns
- "T" time at the Memorial Garden
- Our Boxed-in Friends Could Use Our Help
- Hibernation is More Than an Afternoon Nap
- Being Single is "Not for the Birds"! - Canada Geese
- A Lizard's Tale, a Lost (P)ART: The Ending to be Told
- A Fish Tale with a Happy Ending
- Coyotes in Research Triangle Park, NC
- Hatches in the Pines
- Why Are Bluebirds Blue?
- Snapping Turtles in RTP
- Why Do Birds Attack Windows?
- Bats in North Carolina
- Building Nuthatch Houses
- Do Woodchucks Chuck Wood?
- Man's New Best Friend: The Opossum
- Birds on Campus: Summer Varieties
- Rocky vs. Tweety: A True Survival Story
- Is the Robin the First Sign of Spring?
- A Canada Goose Story
- Why Don't Birds' Feet and Legs Get Frostbite?
- Death Defying High Wire Act
- Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? Some Fly-By-Nighter?
- Did One of the Feather Boas Start Shedding?
- Let's Go Down to the Crawdad Hole, Baby
- Good Snake, Not So Good Reaction
- Cowbirds Practicing Brood Parasitism on NIEHS Campus
- And the Peeps Go On. Do You Ever Wonder How?
- Easy Pickin's! Where?
- Large and Beautiful, the Southern Garden Spider
- Identity Theft Can Occur Anywhere, Anytime
- Why Do Birds Stand on One Leg?
- Moles, Voles, and Shrews - Do You Know the Differences?
- Well, That's Just Ducky!
- Where Do We Go From Here? Time to Settle Down? Toulouse, the White Goose, Has a New Friend.
- Snakes Alive, Mercy Me! How Do You ID Them?
- Carpenter Bees, The Buzz Isn't an Electric Drill
- They Seem to Be Everywhere, What Mite They Be?
- Possible Pigeon Peril Averted
- Hopping, Jumping, Peeping, Croaking, and Splashing. It's That Time Again!
- Seriously? "Knock on Wood?"
- Please Step Forward and Identify Yourself?
- Why Do Hummingbirds Hum?
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Plants
- Sorry, No Fringe on The Top
- Long versus Short Bloomers
- Leaf it to the Trees to Know What's Best
- Do You Have a Family Cress? – Hairy Bittercress
- You Sure This is a Crepe Myrtle?
- A Sedge Gone Nuts – Nutsedge
- Wildflowers in Research Triangle Park
- False Strawberries (Potentilla indica)
- Six Berry-Producing Superstars for Wildlife
- Trees Covered in Cork
- Making Homemade Ice Cream This Summer? Know Your Berries!
- Ho, Ho, Ho: The Mistletoe
- NIEHS Springs to Life with Hardy Orange Flag Flowers
- What's Not to Lichen? Little Known, Little Understood?
- Where Would You Go to Find a Bald Cypress?
- Poison Ivy: Tri Leafing It Alone or Itch a Lot!
- NIEHS Promotes Campus-wide Pollinator Program
- Needleless to Say, It Does Look Strange
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Ecology
- Wonders on Discovery Lake? What’s Happening?
- Been Slimed Lately? Well. They Do it All the Time
- Discovery Lake Shares a Moment of Wonder
- A Japanese Barberry and Lyme
- Bat-ter Up - Bat Roost
- The Impact of Artificial Lighting on Nocturnal Wildlife
- The Monsters that Threatened to Take over Discovery Lake
- Are Leaves Headed for a Fall: What Leads Up to the Color Change
- What's Happening Outside Now?
- Riparian Zones
- Invasive Plant Species in North Carolina
- Wildlife and Industry Together (W.A.I.T.)
- Would You Keep These Pills in Your Medicine Cabinet? - Pillbugs
- Why do Earthworms Crawl on the Sidewalk?
- Algal Blooms and Nutrient Enrichment
- The Purple Martin's History of Dependence on Humans
- Nuthatches and Bluebirds
- Our Health Depends on Pollinators
- What's Happening Outside Now - Has Spring Sprung?
- Discovery Lake Becomes the Canvas for a Spring Watercolor Scene
- Discovery Lake Seems to Keep Changing, What's Going On?
- Stick Built Lodges Allowed on Lake Despite Restrictions in Place
- What's Not to Lichen? Little Known, Little Understood?
- What's Happening Outside Now? Are Dog Days Here?
- Eclipsed By None, NIEHS Employees Look To the Skies
- What is the Effect of Hurricanes on Wildlife?
- What's Hiding in That Dead Tree?
- Wonders on Discovery Lake? What's Happening?
- NIEHS Pollinator Program
- How Does Your Early Morning Start Out? Red Sky?
- Breathe in, Slowly Exhale. Now, Cough, Sneeze and Rub Your Eyes
- What Happened Outside in April 2018?
- Chigger, Chigger, Scratch, Scratch: A Little Scratch Can Go a Long Ways
- What's Happening Outside in Summer 2018
- Kudzu Bugs (Megacopta cribraria)
- Invasive Species
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Insects
- Explore Spring
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- Winter Wonders to Discover
- Dustmitezilla
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Games
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Brainteasers
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- Double-Speak Proverbs!
- Matching Game for NIEHS Birds!
- New Twists on Old Proverbs!
- Numbers and Initials Puzzles!
- Palindromes
- Parts of Your Brain, and What They Do!
- Puzzling Numbers Games
- Quizzes
- Rebus Puzzles Brainteasers
- Tuff Stuff Riddles
- What's That Word?
- Winter Holiday Fun
- The Frog Leap Brainteaser Game!
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Puzzles
- At the Farm (Hidden Pictures)
- Climates of the World
- Goldfish Maze!
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- What's Wrong with These Pictures?
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Riddles
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Illusions
- A Skull?
- Are the Lines Parallel?
- Circles
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- Count the Black Dots
- Elephant
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- How many Horses?
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- Last three!
- Lots and Lots and Lots of Illusions
- Mountain Stream
- On the Dot
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- Which is Tallest?
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Children's Songs
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- Pretty Colors
- Please Don't Smoke
- My Hand on My Head
- Mr. Yuk Song
- Alice the Camel
- The Ants Go Marching
- The Alphabet Song
- Be Kind to Your Webfooted Friends
- Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing
- Dry Bones
- Apples and Oranges
- Come Little Leaves
- Cover Your Mouth and Turn Your Head
- And the Green Grass Grew All Around
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Library Song
- The Little White Duck
- First Grade, First Grade
- The Bunny Hop
- The World Is a Rainbow
- I Can Sing a Rainbow
- It's a Small World
- Smokey the Bear
- There's a Hole in the Middle of the Sea
- Why Does the Sun Shine?
- Wiggly Woo
- Please Woodcutter
- Inchworm
- Favorite Songs
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- Water, the Neverending Story
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