#ParkScience

Prepping for our field visit with @CanonUSA and @FriendsofAcadia last week! It was exciting to cruise around with our new electric motor and talk #jpbuoy science! #parkscience #canonpic.twitter.com/97vNf8vSeh

Pika, pika! These small rodent-like mammals can be spotted in rocky areas throughout the Midwest to the Pacific coast, including in many parks. Pikas escape the extreme heat of summer by finding shade in crevices. #FindYourPark #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/LfIP5sjBTk

#didyouknow that #BadlandsNationalPark is home to 15 different species of bees, including two listed on the IUCN’s Red List as vulnerable? #badlandsnps #findyourpark #hifromsd #bees #pollination #pollinators #stateinsect #pricklypear #parkscience pic.twitter.com/5lu47PSllV

We've updated our website! Check out some new data visualizations and latest cast of characters involved in the #JPbuoy project at: http://www.jpbuoy.com/  #parkscience #lakesappreciation #waterqualitypic.twitter.com/ZFk1uI5xl3

They're back! Prothonotary Warblers have just started to appear on their breeding sites in LA. And already they are inspecting @AudubonLA nest boxes. We are excited to monitor nest activity (and retrieve geolocators!) again this summer. #parkscience @myswooppic.twitter.com/DI4l0diVTv

Coyotes have an #adaptation that they can increase their litter size when a population doesn't hear other coyotes? #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/4oSHpZYuWt

This #CaliforniaPoppy is rooted in soil mostly comprised of chert, the colorful oceanic rock formed from the skeletons of microscopic plankton. #Chert carries thousands of years of history: one millimeter of chert = 1000 years of plankton death and deposition! #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/bp5FdbmbJD

If you remove the fossil from its location, you remove all important information about the fossil. #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/Tip3UAG2xU

Extant: Being alive. The opposite of being #extinct. #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/SGkNQ3aBFj

Ichnology: The study of tracks and traces. #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/8XECHKk7Ah

#Pronghorns are more closely related to giraffes than they are to antelope. #ParkScience #CommonAncestry #evolutionpic.twitter.com/9jIJywdCGj

Fractal: A never-ending pattern. When each part has the same character as the whole. #math #ParkScience #SouthDakotapic.twitter.com/u4MfUD2gxF

#DidYouKnow That a group of porcupines can be referred to as a 'prickle'? #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/lpcGkREC7L

Fossils are points of information, and their position and location are what make them important. Leave them as you find them! #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/nHg4o2biIb

The rock layers in the formations vary in their texture and hardness. This variation leads to differential erosion. #geology #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/OW1mk7JHLK

Mammatus clouds are signs of a coming storm or other extreme weather system. #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/HiEI7uGOaz

The finger is pointing to an #oreodont where the eye socket would be, with the braincase to the left. #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/o05O7rdh7Z

It isn't one flower at all, but a composite of many, many tiny flowers. #ParkScience #BadlandsNPSpic.twitter.com/bFgwwUHLyH

It's #americaneagleday! Thanks to vigorous conservation efforts, eagles removed from T&E list 8/8/2007. https://youtu.be/SaYCnf7d1S4  #ParkScience pic.twitter.com/Mg3DRg8Z8t