Robert Ricklefs, ecologist who helped generations understand nature, has died at 83

Mongabay
Jun 12, 2026, 8:42 pm382 ptsTop
At the mouth of the Carmel River, a teacher set up a spotting scope and let a boy look through it. The birds were the first thing he saw. The habit of looking came next. He saw that the world could be understood, though not quickly, and that its order did not reveal itself to those in a hurry. Later he would…

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