Charles Darwin Quote by Peter P. Marra

““We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us. —Charles Darwin””

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“At the same time, they will also express great concern about the future that awaits us should this at once powerful and fragile web…

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“As in the United States, this makes cats the most significant source of direct anthropogenic bird mortality.”

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“The truth is that trap-neuter-return makes people—not cats and certainly not wildlife—feel better.”

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“The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith but by verification. —Thomas Huxley”

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“If current trends are not reversed, it is expected that at least one of New Zealand’s five kiwi species will go extinct within the…

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