What's in a name? maybe more than you think. This episode gives a look into the ecology and history of the Jijuktu'kwejk River in Nova Scotia as well as how you can help! Learn what Emily has been up to this summer with the non-profit the Jijuktu'kwejk Watershed Alliance in the newest episode of Right up your Algae.

Governor Edward Cornwallis: http://www.danielnpaul.com/GovernorEdwardCornwallis.html

Mi'kmaq Chief wants Cornwallis River Renamed: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaq-chief-wants-cornwallis-river-renamed-1.1063182

COSEWIC Wood Turtle: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/wood-turtle-2018.html

COSEWIC Bank Swallow: https://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_hirondelle_rivage_bank_swallow_1213_e.pdf

Hands off those wild leeks: http://www.macleans.ca/culture/hand-off-those-wild-leeks/

Wild Leeks and the Ethics of Foraging: https://northcountryfare.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/wild-leeks-and-the-ethics-of-foraging/

Today's episode will examine dandelions' uses in medicine, cuisine, and environmental remediation.

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Dandelion Plants as a Biomonitor of Urban Area Contamination by Heavy Metal.

An ethnobotanical survey of the Gollak region, Kosovo

Ethnopharmacognostic survey on the natural ingredients used in folk cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and remedies for healing skin diseases in the inland Marches, Central-Eastern, Italy.

The origin of Taraxacum agamospecies.

Genetic variation across VNTR loci in central North American Taraxacum surveyed at different spatial scales

Ethnobotanical survey of traditionally used plants in human therapy of east, north and northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ethnobotanical notes on some medicinal and aromatic plants of Himachal Pradesh

Flavonoids, cinnamic acids and coumarins from the different tissues and medicinal preparations of Taraxacum officinale.

On today's episodes, Clara and Emily recount 7 news stories about new developments in biology, ecology, and environmental science.

Sources:

Story 1:

https://wwf.panda.org/

http://lynx.panda.org/

https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/wildlife_practice/profiles/mammals/iberian_lynx/ibelynx_ecology_habitat/

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/iberian-lynx-back-brink-extinction-conservation-efforts-rcna158276

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93673-z

https://www.iucn.org/about-iucn

Story 2:

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/103939084

Story3:

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/wildlife-sydney/heathland-habitat/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.11535

https://www.popsci.com/science/australia-lizard-heath-goanna/

Story4:

https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/new-dinosaur-named-lokiceratops/

Story 5:

https://theconversation.com/ca

Story 6:

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7230250

Story 7:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/elephant-names-1.7231387

Other:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/

https://thebigcatsanctuary.org/news/a-guide-to-the-iberian-lynx/