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The following is a June 18, 2014, ScienceDaily news release regarding a University of Basel article with the title above (Martin Nyffeler, Bradley J. Pusey. Fish Predation by Semi-Aquatic Spiders: A Global Pattern. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (6)): Spiders are traditionally viewed as predators of insects. Zoologists from Switzerland and Australia have now published a study that shows: spiders all over the world also prey on fish. The academic...

The East Lakes Team won first place in the 2014 World Geography Bowl, an annual quiz competition for teams of college-level geography students representing the Association of American Geographer’s regional divisions. The event was a milestone for AAG as this was the 25th year that it had hosted the competition during its Annual Meeting. On April 11, seven teams, each representing an AAG regional division, competed at the Tampa...

Dressed as a 6 foot 3 inch “butterfly” emerging from a “cocoon,” Karl Antonsson was the hit of Geography staff’s sustainable costume competition with Earth Research Institute staff in May 2012. Just over 2 years later, our Student Programs Manager “butterfly” is leaving his staff job cocoon for real, and he will be sorely missed. When Karl first joined Geography staff, he stated that, during...