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THE NATURE JOURNAL: British Soldiers (And Other Lichens)
Every relationship has its problems, and sometimes the basic nature of a relationship must be called into question. Such is the case with seemingly simple creatures called lichens.
Read MoreALABAMA GOVERNORS: Reuben Chapman
Born in Virginia in 1799 and educated in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Reuben Chapman traveled to Alabama at age twenty-five to join his brother, a Huntsville attorney. After reading law in…
Read MoreTHE NATURE JOURNAL: Muscadines and Scuppernongs
Toward the end of Walden, Henry David Thoreau reminisces that “In October I went agraping to the river meadows, and loaded myself with cluster more precious for their beauty and…
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