You may have been hearing some buzzzzz about cicadas in our regional news outlets lately. Throughout the state, people are preparing for an onslaught of insects. Why, when, and where?
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Cicada Mania
~ by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station ~ I was sifting through a bunch of rainfall data trying to wrap my writing around the topic of drought, when the buzz of a cicada reminded me of one of my favorite sounds of the summer. […]
A Little Night Music – Natural Night Sounds
• by Dr. Sarah Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station • As August winds down and the feeling that summer is slipping away creeps up on us, I try to enjoy as many quintessential elements of Nantucket as I can. Last night, while walking our dog at the […]
