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Jodi Torpey

Plant feeding frenzy

May 8, 2016 at 4:10 a.m.

Plant feeding frenzy

Stephen Lagien, 11, a fifth-grader at Beulah Heights Elementary inPueblo, examines a burn site in the San Isabel National Forest.

Forest a lesson in cycles of fire, rebirth

May 18, 2016 at 11:02 a.m.

Forest a lesson in cycles of fire, rebirth

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Ants march in step with environment

September 6, 2005 at 3:56 p.m.

Ants march in step with environment

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Get a jump on spring bloomers

August 30, 2005 at 4:06 p.m.

Get a jump on spring bloomers

Bats eat tons of insects nightly, and their echolocation scares off bugs. This pallidbat has captured a katydid.

Seeing bats in better light

May 8, 2016 at 7:31 a.m.

Seeing bats in better light

The orb-weaving spider is one of 38,000 species of arachnidsmore than 100,000 if you count relatives such as scorpions.

Eight-legged allies

May 18, 2016 at 10:59 a.m.

Eight-legged allies

Insects pollinate about 80 percent of the worlds flowering plant species with bees doing most of the work, entomologists say. Insecticides and mites threaten bee populations.

Behold the bee

May 8, 2016 at 8:18 a.m.

Behold the bee

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The joy of gray hair and green thumbs

June 3, 2005 at 9:34 a.m.

The joy of gray hair and green thumbs

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Law throws wet blanket on rainwater

May 20, 2005 at 3:17 p.m.

Law throws wet blanket on rainwater

American Indians tend a waffle garden at Zuni Pueblo, N.M., in the early 1920s. Waffle gardens allow water to sink in where the plants are, like syrup in waffle dents.

Irrigation wisdom from the ancients

May 13, 2016 at 3:14 p.m.

Irrigation wisdom from the ancients