Whereas much is known about the behavior and development of captive young wolf (Canis lupus) pups, less detail has been published some aspects free-ranging pup behavior. This article synthesizes 42 observations Arctic pups from ages 13 through 52 days made during 10 summers 1987 2006 on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Besides listing key behaviors such as howling caching, I record unique uri...

We correlate aspects of Twitter data with college statistics. We find that the amount of “buzz”about a college on twitter predicts the number of applicants to the college, even when controlling for the number of applicants in the previous year. We also explore various methods to classify the sentiment of tweets about a school. We find that the sentiment of insiders at a college predicts the fre...

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Habitat fragmentation is one of the largest threats to biodiversity. Landscape corridors, which are hypothesized to reduce the negative consequences of fragmentation, have become common features of ecological management plans worldwide. Despite their popularity, there is little evidence documenting the effectiveness of corridors in preserving biodiversity at large scales. Using a large-scale re...