One day last week I sat near the base of a large old poplar tree and watched the squirrel pictured here travel across the ground from an adjoining hill to the small log immediately in front of me. He ...

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This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Eve Bohnett is an Assistant Research Scholar for the ...