Spring Snowmelt Creates Short-Lived Ecosystems and “Master Survivalists”
Yesterday, we stumbled upon a beautiful post from “The Smaller Majority” blog about fairy shrimp, vernal pools, and the lengths organisms go to to survive in the ephemeral aquatic ecosystems that form when the winter snow pack melts. It’s an amazing piece full of stunning photography via Piotr Naskrecki, an entomologist, photographer and author based …