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• A free drive-in movie, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” will be shown April 23, 7 p.m., at Legion Field, 3173 Mill St.
The Newton County Bicentennial Committee presents the film, which was shot in Newton County.
Complimentary popcorn and cotton candy will be available. The audience is welcome to watch from their vehicle or seated on blankets and chairs.
• Bicentennial Service Day District 1 Cleanup is set for April 24, 9 a.m., at Alcovy High School.
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Seventeen right whale calves are reported
ELLSWORTH Since the start of the annual calving season, researchers have documented 17 live births of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
That’s the highest number of births recorded since 2015, but still down significantly from births in 2007-2009. Zero births were recorded in 2018, and there were only 22 combined total births for the four-year period from 2017 to 2020, according to NOAA Fisheries.
While a hopeful sign, the birth rate by no means indicates that the species is recovering. There are fewer than 400 of the whales remaining on the planet, according to estimates.
Clay George, a biologist who supervises right whale surveys for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the Associated Press that there would need to be roughly two dozen births annually for the “population to stabilize and continue to grow again.”
New fish species named in honor of UGA ecologists
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Mary and Bud Freeman have worked for decades on fish and their ecosystems University of Georgia ecologists Mary and Byron “Bud” Freeman are being recognized for their contributions to freshwater science in the most fitting way possible with the naming of a newly discovered fish species in their honor.
The Etowah bridled darter (Percina freemanorum) was identified by Thomas Near, an ichthyologist and evolutionary biologist from Yale University. Near and his colleagues examined nearly 200 specimens of darters collected from the Etowah River system in North Georgia. Based on DNA sequencing and notable differences in physical form, he determined that what had long been thought a population of the bridled darter Percina kusha was in fact a different species altogether.
Endangered right whales have biggest baby boom since 2015 cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.