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  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • 9 week old mixed breed (border collie / australian shephard) puppy. Western Oregon.
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  • 9 week old mixed breed (border collie / australian shephard) puppy. Western Oregon.
    cute_puppy-6312LPP-118-Edit.jpg
  • A Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea wilderae) photographed at night in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • Female northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) photographed in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • Honey bees (Apis mellifera) swarm in an apple tree in urban yard in Portland, Oregon A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees, a process called swarming. A swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees. Swarming is the natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A burying beetle (Nicrophorus defodiens) in flight. Cascade Head Preserve, Oregon Coast.
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  • A trail leading to The Nature Conservancy's Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast.
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  • The Whitcomb-Cole hewn log house is an example of early pioneer homes built in the 1890's.  It is one of only a few pioneer log homes still standing in Klickitat County, Washington. It originally stood two miles across Conboy lake on land first settled by Stephen Whitcomb. In 1891, John Cole acquired the land from Whitcomb and built the main structure of the house, which included a large downstairs room that served as a kitchen, dining, sitting and family room. The house is located in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.
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  • The Whitcomb-Cole hewn log house is an example of early pioneer homes built in the 1890's.  It is one of only a few pioneer log homes still standing in Klickitat County, Washington. It originally stood two miles across Conboy lake on land first settled by Stephen Whitcomb. In 1891, John Cole acquired the land from Whitcomb and built the main structure of the house, which included a large downstairs room that served as a kitchen, dining, sitting and family room. The house is located in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.
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  • A green leaf and clear reflection in clean water.
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  • A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle. Red tree voles are rarely seen. They are nocturnal and live in Douglas fir tree tops and almost never come to the forest floor.  They are one of the few animals that can persist on a diet of conifer needles which is their principle food.  As a defense mechanism, conifer trees have resin ducts in their needles that contain chemical compounds (terpenoids) that make them unpalatable to animals.  Tree voles, however, are able to strip away these resin ducts and eat the remaining portion of the conifer needle.
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  • African wildlife and human figures depicted in San bushman rock paintings, estimated at around 2000 years old, in Nswatugi Cave in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe.
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  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
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  • A male vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) traversing a tree limb in Matobo National Park, part of the Motopos Hills area in Zimbabwe. The park is an U.N. UNESCO World Hertiage Site. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • Water runs green in the The Blue Basin feature of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument; Oregon. Formed from 29-million-year-old volcanic tuff, The erosion scarred slopes of these hills are slowly yielding fossils of ancient animals and plants.
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  • Goose rock above the John Day River in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon.
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  • A young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus) on the beach of Fernandina Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
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  • A nursing california sea lion (Zalophus californianus) on the beach of Genovesa Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
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  • A large waved albatross adult (Diomedea irrorata) in flight near Espanola Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
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  • Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) near Bachas Beach on Santa Cruz Island (Indefatigable Island), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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  • Umatilla tribe member and fisheries biologist Aaron Jackson holds a pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) collected from Willamette Falls. Water flowing over Willamette Falls (background) was restricted so tribe memebers from the Columbia River Basin could exercise their treaty rights to fish for lamprey.
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  • Male hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus), Photographed near the Conasauga River in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia.
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  • Male hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus), Photographed near the Conasauga River in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia.
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  • Female eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis), Photographed near the Conasauga River in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia.
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  • A townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) exiting Pond Cave in Craters ofthe moon National Monument, Idaho.
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  • Portrait of a male spotted wing fruit fly. An introduced pest species in North America, the spotted wing fruit fly (Drosophila suzukii) feeds and breeds on fresh berries such as rasberries, strawberries and cherries – unlike most fruit flies that infest decaying and rotting fruit. Drosophila suzukii is a substantial pest for berry and fruit farmers. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A western white trillium (trillium Ovatum) blooming in eary spring. The white trillium bears distinctive 3-petaled, white flowers in spring above its dark-green leaves.
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  • The Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in tropical forests in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, the Guyanas, and Bolivia. Captive. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • La Plata Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus). It has an extensive range ; it can be found throughout Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia. Captive. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • An euphoria beetle (euphoria fulgida) collecting nectar from a thistle flower.   Central Texas.
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  • A Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) flying at night. Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
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  • A juvenile Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala). Central Texas. Temporarily captive.
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  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
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  • A tiger beetle ( Cicindela sp), east Texas.
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  • A dobson fly larvae (Corydalus cornutus). These aquatic larvae are carnivorous and will feed on anything they can get their mandibles around including small fish. collected from a small pond in the Lost Pines Forest, Central Texas.
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  • A mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) perching at ngiht. Central Texas.
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  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
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  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) uses its sucker-like mouth parts to attach itself to a river rock . These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
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  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) uses its sucker-like mouth parts to attach itself to the glass of an aquarium . These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
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  • A Seminole Bat (Lasiurus seminolus) photographed in East Texas. The Seminole Bat is closely associated with mixed deciduous forests where Spanish moss is prevalent, though little is known about this bat's life history. Temporarily captive.
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  • A vietnamese mossy frog (Theloderma corticale). Native to northern vietnam. captive.
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  • A green leaf with rain water.
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  • Portland General Electric's Biglow Wind Farm near the Columbia River in Oregon.
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  • A mixed breed border collie and australian shepherd at 9 weeks old.
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  • Photo illustration of a newly hatched chicken.
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  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) near shore. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.
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  • A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) emerging from its chrysalis.
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  • A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) emerging from its chrysalis.
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  • A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) freshly emerged from its chrysalis.
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  • A Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) roosting in juniper tree near Drake Creek in Lake County, Oregon.
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  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
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  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
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  • A male eight-spotted skimmer dragonfly (Libellula forensis) in flight, photographed with a high-speed camera system in the coastal mountains of Oregon, near Florence.
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  • A large bumble bee (Bombus huntii) with full pollen baskets, flies from a rhododendron flower in NE Oregon.
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  • A California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) portrait near the Big Sur coast, California.
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  • A townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) exits a cave in the Derrick Cave complex, a series of lava tubes and lava bubbles. Dusk. Central Oregon.
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  • A western long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) in flight near desert shrub. High-desert transition zone in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
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  • A California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) in the sky above the Big Sur coast, California.
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  • A California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) in the sky above the Big Sur coast, California.
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  • A male grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) on a fern frond. Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia.
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  • A male grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) on a fern frond. Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia.
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  • Durian (Durio zibethinus) fruit ripening in a Orang Asli village in johore, Malaysia. Durina fruit is usually left to ripen outdoors because of the pungent, foul odor it produces.
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  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile, possible subgenus: Chelostomoides) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
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  • A golden stonefly (Hesperoperla pacifica) carrying a load of parasitic mites in flight near the bank of the Metolius River. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Please note: this image has been digitally altered – a second insect, partially in frame, has been removed.
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  • A big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) in flight in the Rogue River National Forest, Oregon.
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  • A western tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio rutulus) flying over smooth hawksbeard flowers. Photographed with a high-speed camera in the coast range of Oregon.
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  • A blue-eyed darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)in flight in the coastal mountains of Oregon.
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  • A leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius).
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  • A california leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus) photographed in Copper Mountains of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona.
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  • A long-legged bat (Myotis volans) in flight at night. Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
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  • A pallid bat (Antrozus pallidus) flying at night in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona. Near the Grand Canyon.
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  • A female american dog tick (Dermacentor andersoni) engorged after a blood meal. NE Oregon.
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  • Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) photographed at night on a high ridge. Eden Bench, Wallowa County Oregon.<br />
This shrub is adapted to survive on rocky slopes, ridges and canyons in mostly dry habitats. Its wood is so dense that it sinks in water.
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  • A pair of red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) chicks that are just about fledged in a nest, on a fire escape, in downtown Portland, Oregon.
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  • An ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii) jumping at night. Ochoco National Forest, Oregon.
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  • A wild cougar (Puma concolor) uncovers a  young elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier. <br />
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This image was taken during the Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife's controversial Cougar Management Plan.<br />
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Cougars will often cache prey after the kill, and then return to feed later. A motion-sensing camera photographed this cat returning for a meal.<br />
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Please note: This image has been digitally altered. Ear tags and a radio collar placed on the cat by biologists were digitally removed from this image. Original file available upon request.
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  • A young coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) with yoke sac still attached, hatches from its egg. Washington. 2 in a sequence of 2
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  • A three year old boy with a pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla). Full released. #21205Ian
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  • Three year old Ian Wilhelm with a pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla). Full released. #21205Ian
    boy_and_frog_21206Ian2.jpg
  • A yellowjacket (Vespula sp) in flight near Ochoco Pass in Central oregon. photographed with a high-speed camera.
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  • Male vivid dancer damselfly (Argia vivida) in flight. Photographed with a high-speed camera on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
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  • The entrance to the Gold Stake mine in the Coleville National Forest, Washington. The bat gate across the mouth is designed to let bats fly in and out while excluding human visitors.
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  • A townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) in the abandoned Gold Stake Mine. As cool Fall weather turns more frigid, the bat will go into hibenation. Coleville National Forest, Washington.
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  • A hybrid poplar tree farm grown for pulp and fibre, primarily for paper production. The trees are planted in neat rows and ideally spaced for harvest. They grow quickly in cool climates and are usually mature enough for harvest after 8 years. In the United States, hybrid poplar is considered an agricultural crop. Washington.
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  • A large Pine Sawyer Beetle (Ergates spiculatus) flying at night in the Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.
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  • A green bottle fly (family: Calliphoridae) feeding on pollen and nectar from a daisy flower. Western Oregon.
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  • Detail of a native bee leg photographed in western Oregon.
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  • Native bee portrait photographed in late Spring. Western Oregon.
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  • 9 week old mixed breed (border collie / australian shephard) puppy. Western Oregon.
    cute_puppy-6312LPP-238-Edit.jpg
  • 9 week old mixed breed (border collie / australian shephard) puppy. Western Oregon.
    cute_puppy-6312LPP-164-Edit.jpg
  • common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)  are attracted to ripe American blueberries (Vaccinium corimbosum). Westen Oregon.
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  • A rare bumble bee (bombus occidentalis) photographed on Mount Hood, Oregon. Bombus occidentalis was once a common bee on the west coast, but they have virtually dissappeared west of the Rocky Mountains.
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  • The still active yet preserved courtroom in the Rhea County courthouse, in Dayton tennessee where the Scopes trial occured in 1925.. In that year, a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. <br />
The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate for the Democrats, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy which set modernists, who said evolution was consistent with religion, against fundamentalists who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy should be taught in schools.
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  • A statue of William Jennings Bryan in front of the the still active yet preserved courtroom in the Rhea County courthouse, in Dayton tennessee where the Scopes trial occured in 1925.. In that year, a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. <br />
The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate for the Democrats, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy which set modernists, who said evolution was consistent with religion, against fundamentalists who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether modern science regarding the creation-evolution controversy should be taught in schools.
    Rhea_County_courthouse-62513tn-104.jpg
  • Male northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) on a birch tree. Photographed in the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    myotis_bat-62413nl-106.jpg
  • An eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) photographed at night in the Cherokee National OFrest, Tennessee.
    eastern_red_bat-62313bv-138.jpg
  • Male northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) photographed in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    Myotis_septentrionalis-62313bv-121.jpg
  • A bumble bee (bombus sp.) with large pollen baskets. Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • Not actually a bee - but fly that is a bee mimic. A greater bee-fly (Bombylius major) photographed in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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