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“All of a sudden, in one little lump, this project leaked into my mind,” Thomas Lovejoy recalled to writer David Quammen for the book The Song of the Dodo, about a night in December 1976 when he suddenly conceived what would become one of world’s most important ecological research projects: the Biological Dynamics of Forest […]

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) announces the addition of three new staff members and two staff members returning to BCC after a hiatus necessitated by the COVID-19...

World Lemur Day kicked off today in Madagascar, the global home of these iconic primates, at Parc Tsimbazaza, the National Zoo, with a day full of activities, many for children. An event yesterday in the capital of Antananarivo marked the announcement of six new postage stamps celebrating lemurs, including the recently described mouse lemur Microcebus […]

Make $500 subject to claw-back Several letters to the editor including Payout to select seniors unfair (Aug. 24) and $500 for all seniors (Aug. 20) have…

FOUR candidates will be contesting the Grange by-election on Thursday 12 August 2021. They are Steve Chambers - Conservative Party, Fiona Marguerite Hanlon - Liberal Democrats, Robin Le Mare - The Green Party, and Patricia Wright - Labour Party. Anyone registered to vote who lives in the Grange ward will be eligible to vote - the deadline is midnight Tuesday 27 July. Further information about the by-election: www.southlakeland.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/elections/grange-by-election/ Co...

FOUR candidates will be contesting the Grange by-election on Thursday 12 August 2021. They are Steve Chambers - Conservative Party, Fiona Marguerite Hanlon - Liberal Democrats, Robin Le Mare - The Green Party, and Patricia Wright - Labour Party. Anyone registered to vote who lives in the Grange ward will be eligible to vote - the deadline is midnight Tuesday 27 July. Further information about the by-election: www.southlakeland.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/elections/grange-by-election/ Co...

A latest study led by a group of researchers from the Stony Brook University, the Academy of Finland, Marie Curie Actions of the European Union and the Kone Foundation has found that adverse climate change may force bamboo lemurs to change their dietary habits, causing them to slowly starve.

The Cannabis Entrepreneurs Who Want To Make Legal Weed More Diverse arrow Steven Phan stands in front of a light installation at Come Back Daily, the CBD shop he owns. He hopes to turn it into a licensed marijuana dispensary. Caroline Lewis JP started selling marijuana in middle school, a hustle he got into through a neighbor on the Lower East Side. He didn’t necessarily see it as a passion or a long-term career. “Back then, the quality of it was what they consider t...