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Get Your Rocks Off

Get Your Rocks Off Did You Know? Yosemite National Park is home to one of the most famous rock formations in the world: the Half Dome. It is likely that the Half Dome never had another half. What did happen, however, is that an intrusion of granodiorite took place deep underground. As it became exposed

A Murre’s Favorite Drink?

Fact: Common murres don’t build nests like many birds. Instead, the females lay their eggs on bare rock or soil on steep cliffs.

Grubbing on Matinicus Rock

The result? Baby razorbill chick. Photos Courtesy of Bethany Baldwin and Jenny Howard