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Kevin Kurtz

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How did a children's author, two scientists, and a bunch of blue crabs help protect diamondback terrapins?

In this post, you can find out about the day I volunteered with two wildlife biologists to do research in a salt marsh, what it has to do with blue crabs, and how the scientists are using the data they have collected to save diamondback terrapins.

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tags: Salt marshes, Nature of Science, Conservation, Diamondback terrapins, Blue crabs, Human impacts on the environment
categories: A Day in the Salt Marsh
Tuesday 08.30.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

Did a Constitutional amendment that made it illegal to drink alcohol save diamondback terrapins from extinction?

Stew, booze and history. Everything you want in a science blog for kids.

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tags: Salt marshes, Conservation
categories: A Day in the Salt Marsh
Tuesday 08.16.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

Why are great blue heron feet so goofy looking?

Goofiness is in the eye of the beholder.

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tags: Pressure, Adaptations, Salt marshes, Great Blue Heron
categories: A Day in the Salt Marsh
Tuesday 06.21.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

Who is better at walking in salt marsh mud: great blue herons or children's authors?

One of them sinks waist deep into the mud. The other one doesn't.

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tags: Salt marshes, Adaptations, Great Blue Heron, Wading birds
categories: A Day in the Salt Marsh
Tuesday 06.07.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

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