From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Thwarting “Beaver Fever”

March 30, 2009

I give you . . . Giardia.
Also known as *cough* beaver fever (since the dam rodents are common carriers) to those hikers unlucky enough to have a run-in with this extremely unpleasant organism. Symptoms include such pleasantries as “projectile vomiting” and “explosive diarrhea”. Fortunately, I do not speak from personal experience.
This baby is the [...]

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Today this leaf . . . tomorrow the world!

March 30, 2009

Ed. note: This is a repost from facebook. I’ll be reposting a few things to get this blog kicked off. Apologies to those who have already seen it! j.f.
Many of you know about my slightly (ok, entirely) unnatural slime mold obsession. They’re weird, cool-looking, and semi-sentient. And they’re even here in Colorado! I found three [...]

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Look before you leap

March 7, 2009

Hi. You have reached the blog of Jennifer Frazer, science writer and overenthusiastic naturalist. Thanks for checking in! However, I’m not actually officially here yet as I’m still working on getting this thing designed, so you will have to be patient. There will be plenty of great amoeba/protist/lichen/zygomycete/ctenophore/bdelloid rotifer action coming very soon. I just [...]

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