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Spidey’s Tighty Whities
True Believers! Once again, Kelly Rypkema, our unabashed advocate for nature, jumps boldly into the wilds of New York. In today’s episode, Kelly tests the superhero strength of spider silk and shares the answer to one of life’s greatest questions. more »
Take the Spider Web Challenge
I wasn’t kidding when I filmed this spider episode. Go out there, find a spider web and see if you can find out which silk fibers are sticky and which are not. (Adults, I’m talking to you too. Why should more »
Posted in Animals, Fall, News, Photos, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Summer
Tagged Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute, orb webs, spider silk, spider webs, spiders
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Why don’t spiders stick to their own webs?
Is the thought of walking face first into a spider web enough to make you scream? In this episode of Nature in a New York Minute, biologist Kelly Rypkema shares a little experiment to help you face your inner demons more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Habitats of City Wildlife, Spiders and Insects, Videos
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How to Build a Web Site – Nature Minute style
One lucky Autumn morning, I awoke to find this Argiope spider gracefully spinning the sticky part of her web. In the process, she might thrust her legs on that sticky silk more than 1000 times…. So why don’t spiders stick more »
Video: Cicadas – Tiny Tymbals, Big Sound
Have you ever wanted to ask Cicadas why they’re so loud, but thought it would be Brood 2 ask? Biologist Kelly Rypkema ventures into the thick of the 2013 appearance of Periodical Cicadas to answer the questions of why, who, more »
Posted in Communication, Mating and Courtship, Spiders and Insects, Summer, Videos
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When Wildlife Moves In – a Modern Parable
by Michele Dudas, PSQ Naturalist Interpreter I awoke to the faintest scritching sound (you know, not quite a scratching sound…something much more quiet and tentative), in my bedroom one night. When I was fully awake, I stayed very still in more »
Living Fossils Go to Town on NYC Beaches
New Yorkers, if you go to the beach tonight, you might witness some hanky-panky involving a lot of grabbing and intertwined…carapaces? Of course you know I mean spawning horseshoe crabs. Every May and June, during high tide around the new more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Articles, Birds, Mating and Courtship, News, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Story Bites
Tagged horseshoe crab spawning, red knot, red knot migration
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Ask the Naturalist: Why do Hummingbirds Like Sapsuckers? A Nature Minute Video
If one species of animal can love another, then surely hummingbirds love sapsuckers. Find out why in this short video annotation. And see our episode: “Woodpeckers leave their mark on NYC” for the full story.
Posted in Animal Behavior, Birds, Communication, Fall, Habitats of City Wildlife, Spiders and Insects, Trees, Videos, Winter
Tagged about animals, bird migration, city animals, city wildlife, Green News, kelly rypkema, nature, Nature And Science, Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute, new york wildlife, Park, Parks, Science And Nature, tree sap, urban wildlife, video, what birds eat, what do birds eat, what do hummingbirds eat, what hummingbirds eat, what woodpeckers eat, wildlife in the city, wildlife watching, woodpecker, woodpecker facts, woodpecker holes, woodpeckers, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Who stole the Sap?
Which animal looks like a thief to you? Animals aren’t necessarily polite when it comes to getting food, and they have been known to steal from each other. In next week’s episode about Sapsuckers (a type of woodpecker), we caught more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Articles, Birds, Mammals, News, People and Nature, Plants, Poop, Droppings, and other Calling Cards, Spiders and Insects, Trees
Tagged how do animals find food, kelly rypkema, Nature in a New York Minute, stealing food, tapping trees, tree sap, What do animals eat, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Fruit Flies: The Reckoning
With fruit flies committing public acts of mating and rampant fly-bies on a daily basis, Kelly Rypkema knows it’s time to take a stand against the population setting up house in her kitchen. Armed with knowledge of fruit fly behavior more »
Posted in Animal Behavior, Animals, Fall, Mating and Courtship, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Plants, Spiders and Insects, Spring, Summer, Videos, Winter
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