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Hello, nature!
First thing in the morning, we biology students were hard at work. My classmates and I had to clean and organize the Parasitology lab. Scrubbing, rinsing, rearranging all the equipment to collect the...
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My research begins
On Day 2 my class took a hike up Pedernal Mountain, which is a famous geological spot in New Mexico. It was challenging but well worth it when we made it to the top to admire the view! On the way down...
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Today was the first “official” day of research! At 8 a.m. the traps were collected from the sagebrush and casitas and were brought to the lab. A total of 15 traps caught mice. It was a very tedious...
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They call it field ‘work’ for a reason
In the lab An overview of my week: We did five days of collecting mice in the sagebrush and found predominantly fleas. A few days, because of the rain, we caught few to no mice, but a total of 18...
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The great outdoors
Hello, everyone! As of today, we have caught 77 mice! I cannot believe how far we have come on this journey that just began a few weeks ago. Our class has put a lot of hard work into studying these...
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