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by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
A continuous wall would disconnect any jaguars and ocelots in the U.S. from their major range in Mexico. And it’s not just solid walls that are the issue; certain types of fencing can be a complete barrier to individual wildlife species. All of that should be considered.
—Oregon State University ecologist William Ripple, one of 16 coauthors on a recent BioScience paper that outlined the potential biodiversity effects of a border wall like the one proposed by President Donald Trump’s administration (Statement from Oregon State University, July 24)
An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess.
—FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb speaking at the 2018 Politico Pro Summit on the agency’s move to crack down on the use of the term “milk” to describe almond...
| ACROSS 7. NASA probe of a gas giant 8. Vermiform process connected to the cecum 9. Macropus member 10. Occasion for a student to use a blue book 11. Designer of early steam-powered ships 13. More than a hypothesis 15. Happening in springtime 17. Turdus member, like the American robin 18. Ungulates of the Serengeti 20. World's largest living rodent 22. Freshwater fish named for its coloration 23. Natural thermonuclear fusion site |
| DOWN 1. Sedative of the quinazolinone class 2. Pioneering 1972 video game from Atari 3. Network of rabbit burrows 4. Deracinate from the garden 5. Where to find semicircular canals (2 wds.) 6. Virus named for a forest in Uganda 12. Chemical element also known as wolfram 14. Cultivator of thorny bloomers 16. Type of acid in sour milk 17. Swamp tree of Mississippi 19. 6,853-km feature of Earth 21. Rock-bottom kin of a perch |
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