Owls: A Short Tale About Long Ears

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Please RSVP for this event by following this link. Since 1984 my wife Patsy and I have studied owls in Manitoba, Canada. Recently we wanted to start a new research project using camera traps to record owl breeding behaviour. In 2015 a pair of Long-eared Owls nested on our farm literally a stone’s throw from…

The Magical World of Bats

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Please RSVP for this event by following this link. The Magical World of Bats Like bats or not, you will after hearing and seeing for yourself what Dr. Tuttle has learned about these mysterious but magical animals. As you’ll see bats come in an amazing variety, as cute as any panda or as strange as any…

Galactic Archaeology: the history of our home in the cosmos

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Please RSVP for this event by following this link. The history of our universe spans 13 billion years, 99.998% of which humanity did not yet exist. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is at least ten billion years old, having survived what we believe is a violent history including several galactic collisions. While it is…

Best of Both Worlds: Moth Antenna On A Smelling Drone

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RSVP to this event by clicking this link. Nature has developed amazing chemical sensors which greatly surpass man-made sensors in sensitivity and speed. A male Manduca sexta hawkmoth can sense the female’s pheromone in concentrations as small as 1 in 10^17 molecules of air! To learn more about and mimic the way moths locate food…

Working the Night Shift: Urban Racoons in Canada

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Life At Night, Speakers Series 2023 January 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Virtual Event - register by following this link. Working the night shift: Urban racoons in Canada They work at night, traveling unseen through the city like masked bandits, one of the true success stories of species adapting to human disturbance.   How do raccoons (Procyon…