It's A Girl! Or Is It?
Destiny Hayes
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The proper identification of the sex of birds at an early stage has numerous positive applications in a wide range of different fields, such as...
Assessing the Impacts of White Nose Syndrome in Bats of the North Carolina Piedmont
Lillian Knepp
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White Nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has been negatively impacting North American bats and spreading rapidly since its...
Mitigating Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) to Protect Nocturnally Migrating Birds from Fatal Building Collisions May Require Multiple Large-Scale Strategies
Wendy Hawkins
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Many bird species employ a nocturnal migration strategy, relying on the moon and stars for navigation. Over the past century, artificial light at night (ALAN)...
Systemic Racism and the Silent Killer of Black Americans: Environmental Racism within the United States
Teia Horton
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For a multitude of reasons the life expectancy of African Americans is the lowest of any other demographic in the United States. It is obvious...
How to Survive a Nuclear Environment: Examining the Relationship Between Habitat Interaction and Long-Term Species Success in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Claire Allen
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Understanding how animals have survived and adapted to living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) is vital to understanding our impacts on the natural world...