Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, follows a boy who raises a fox from the time it’s very young and then has to release it. Pennypacker spent time observing fox behavior and speaking with biologists about how foxes communicate, research that shapes the...
broom v.— «The number of wolves in the refuge is increasing, and biologists are beginning to see browse that is “broomed,” a term used to describe willows that have been topped and are mushrooming, Aderman said.» —“Number of twins...
shoot, shovel and shut up v. phr.— «Worse, the law may actually speed up extinctions. Farmers have an incentive to destroy protected species before the biologists find them—a practice known as “shoot, shovel and shut up...