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Posts Tagged "wildlife"

John Seerey-Lester Books

Posted on Jun 29, 2016

John Seerey-Lester Books

You need to check out the John Seerey-Lester limited edition books for sale in the RTPI Nature Store! Visit us this week to see the exhibition and be sure to purchase the perfect gifts for the nature lovers in your life.

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Keeping the World Wild Continues

Posted on Jun 28, 2016

Keeping the World Wild Continues

Have you visited us at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History to see Keeping the World Wild yet? The art of John and Suzie Seerey-Lester is on display in our galleries through August 28.

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Craugastor Froglet

Posted on Jun 23, 2016

Craugastor Froglet

I returned earlier this week from a quick, wet and successful research trip to the rainforests of Eastern Panama and thought I’d share the least flashy of our finds with you all. Rain frogs of the genus Craugastor breed through ‘direct development’ — a reproductive strategy that does not involve a free-swimming tadpole stage. Their eggs are terrestrial and the young hatch as fully-formed tiny froglets – and by tiny, I mean TINY… Twan Leenders RTPI President

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Keeping the World Wild

Posted on Jun 22, 2016

Keeping the World Wild

Keeping the World Wild – the art of John and Suzie Seerey-Lester is now at RTPI through August 28. Come join us in the wild and see this sensational collection here in Jamestown this week!

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Returning to the Chadakoin

Posted on Jun 20, 2016

Returning to the Chadakoin

Passing through the center of Jamestown, the Chadakoin river has always been the focal point of the city. No matter how much the city continues to change and develop around it, the steady flow of water from Chautauqua Lake has remained constant. To help conserve this valuable natural resource, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute will soon select eight of the brightest high school students in the area to become Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors. Along with their two crew leaders (myself and Heather Zimba) they will spend the summer studying the Chadakoin River Corridor, and encouraging the...

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