Listening, looking, smelling with Mark DuBois: BioBlitz, Dixon Waterfowl Refuge
(WorldNews Sport)

HENNEPIN, Ill.–Any concerns that international ant expert Mark DuBois might lead an excursion as dry as plowing through Leviticus were answered right away. Early in an Ant and Insect Safari down the Seep Trail on Aug. 4, DuBois asked, “Do you know what ants do most of their lives?´´ After a dramatic pause, he faked a snore and answered, “They´re slackers.´´ The Wetlands Initiative held its second BioBlitz at Dixon Waterfowl Refuge (Hennepin-Hopper) on Aug. 3-4. BioBlitzs are 24-hour efforts to find and identify as...