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Musings in natural history meant to captivate, educate & inspire.

BC'S FOSSIL BOUNTY — ON TELUS OPTIV TV

Join the Fossil Huntress Unearthing Ancient Life in British Columbia

HAIDA GWAII: ISLANDS OF MIST / EPISODE #83

Haida Gwaii's First Nation & Geologic History

fossil paleontology fossils archea ammonite palaeontology HISTORY DINOSAUR ichthyosaur geology Haida trilobite mammoth kayaking grizzly kwak'wala gilakas'la tlingit elasmosaur ANKYLOSAUR PTEROSAUR fossilhunting Castle Peak First Nations ROCKCLIMBING galapagos reconcilliation

HARRISON LAKE FOSSIL ADVENTURES

Read the full article in Explore Magazine

FOSSIL FIELD TRIPS

If you're heading out on a fossil field trip, keep yourself safe —stay warm, dry, fed and hydrated. Let someone know where you are going and when you plan to return. I've added some links with paleo field trip essentials & some nice to have items for different types of fossil trips or to prep and to ID specimens once you are back

KIRK JOHNSON—SMITHSONIAN NMNH / S6 EP #91

VIPS PALAEONTOLOGY LECTURE SERIES

BRING EXTRA SNACKS AND WATER FOR FRIENDS

FOSSIL FIELD TRIP ESSENTIALS

30X MAGNIFYING LOUPE
ANTI-FOG EYE PROTECTION
BEGINNER'S FOSSIL FIELD KIT
ESTWING GEO/PALEO ROCK PICK
ESTWING ROCK HAMMER
FIRST AID KIT
FORESTRY TAPE (FOR PACK & HAMMER)
GLOVES / HAND PROTECTION
HAMMER & CHISELS (8, 10 & 12 INCH)
HAT, TOQUE OR HEAD COVERING
LIGHTWEIGHT BACKPACK
WATER BOTTLE

ROCK HAMMER. CHISEL, GOGGLES & GLOVES

Invest in a Few Basics to Get Set Up for Success

WHAT TO BRING FOSSIL COLLECTING / EPISODE #4

Everything you need to know before you go!

DINOSAUR TRACKING AT DINOSAUR RIDGE COLORADO

Tracking Theropod Dinosaurs

PALEO NICE TO HAVE'S

5-GALLON BUCKET ORGANIZER
CHISEL WITH HAND GUARD
CLOTH STORAGE BAGS FOR SPECIMENS
COLEMAN TENT SLEEPS EIGHT
DENTAL PICKS FOR PREP
DIAMOND BLADE ROCK SAW
DIGITAL MICROSCOPE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
DREMEL TOOL FOR FOSSIL PREP
ESTWING 3-POUND SLEDGE
ESTWING PRY BAR
LOCAL MAPS + GARMIN HIKING GPS
PALEO TOOLS & AIR SCRIBES
SPARE COLD (ROCK) CHISELS
WATERPROOF DRY BAGS FOR BEACH SITES

WHERE TO GO FOSSIL HUNTING

Learn where to go fossil collecting & what to look for in Episode #5 of the Fossil Huntress Podcast

Fossil Huntress — Palaeo Sommelièr Podcast

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Fossil Huntress — Palaeo Sommelier

Dinosaurs, Ammonites, Trilobites: What is Paleontology
Stone, Bone & Water: Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip
Woolly Mammoths: Trumpeting Through the Tundra
Theropods of a Feather: Living Dinosaurs, the Birds
Devonian Fossils from Miguasha on the Gaspé Peninsula

ICHTHYOSAUR HUNTING IN SVALBARD

Explore the Icy World of Svalbard, Norway

AMMONITE BEAUTY

The perfection of coiled cephalopods

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FOSSIL FIELD TRIP: SOOKE'S FOSSIL BIRDS

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FOSSIL COLLECTING AT HORNBY ISLAND

Join the Fossil Huntress on a trip to Hornby Island on BC's west coast in search of Cretaceous ammonites and more in this episode of the Fossil Huntress Podcast

HELPFUL FOSSIL FIELD GUIDES

ORDOVICIAN TRILOBITES
FOSSIL SEAHORSES
PALAEOENTOMOLOGY
FOSSIL INSECTS OF THE PURBECK
FOSSILS OF THE MILWAUKEE FM
COLLECTING THE WEST DORSET COAST
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DINOSAURS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
PALEOBIOLOGY & THE FOSSIL RECORD
FIELD GUIDE TO DINOSAURS
FOSSILS OF KANSAS
NORTH AMERICAN FOSSILS
BRITISH FOSSIL FIELD GUIDES

TRIP PLANNING IS HALF THE FUN

FOSSIL HUNTING / WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO / EP #4

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MCABEE FOSSIL BEDS

Explore Terrestrial Life in BC 50-Million Years Ago

NATURAL HISTORY

Chamelea gallina growth declined in the Northern Adriatic Sea during the Holocene Climate Optimum
Greenlandic water bears reveal a new morphological trait of external head sensory organs
Rapid isotopic exchange in mineralogically unaltered coral skeletons
Polar wander leads to large differences in past climate reconstructions
Brachiopods and forams reduced calcification costs through morphological simplification during mass extinction events

FOSSIL FIELD KIT EXAMPLES

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM UTAH

DEVONIAN FISHAPODS

Learn About Life Leaving the Water & Entering Land in Episode #78

BC FOSSIL RESEARCH & REGULATIONS

BC Fossil & Fossil Site Protection
BC Fossil Management Office
BC Fossil Media Inquiries
BC Fossil Regulations
BC Provincial Fossil Designation
BC Report A Fossil Form
Fossil Management for BC
McAbee Fossil Beds
McAbee Fossil Beds Overview - Hebda
McAbee Fossil Site Assessment - Wilson
Okanagan Highlands Project

Fossil Field Trip to Brannen Lake / Episode #66

A Visit Visit to Vancouver Island's Upper Cretaceous Motocross Pit near Brannen Lake, Nanaimo

HELPFUL TOOLS TO ID YOUR FINDS

ATLAS OF TAPHONOMIC IDENTIFICATION
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOSSILS
FOSSIL PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICA
FOSSIL SHARK TEETH
HANDBOOK OF FOSSILS
INTRO TO PALEOBIOLOGY
SMITHSONIAN FOSSIL HANDBOOK
VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

FOSSIL FIELD TRIP TO THE TASEKO LAKES

Southern Chilcotin area of British Columbia, Canada

MUSINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY / RESOURCES

AGU Blogosphere
British Columbia Magazine
Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life
Dinosaur George
Discover Magazine
Earth Learning Idea
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Earth Sciences Courses
Environmental Kids Curriculum (Age 9-13)
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LIKE-MINDED PALAEO FOLK

Join a local palaeontological or geological society. Some groups offer field trips with folk who've been to the fossil sites before and can offer great advice. I've put a link to some groups below. Do a Google search & contact your local museum or university to find a group near you.

BC'S FOSSIL BOUNTY WITH SIR ANDY RANDELL

Behind the Scenes with Vancouver Geoscientist Andy Randell Exploring Fossils along the Kitsilano Foreshore

PALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETIES

Alabama Paleo Society
Birmingham Paleontological Society
Miami Fossil Club
Mid-America Paleo Society
New York Paleo Society
North Carolina Fossil Club
Palaeontological Society
Paleo Society of Austin, TX
Southern California Paleo Society
Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation
Vancouver Island Palaeo Society
Vancouver Paleontological Society
Victoria Palaeontological Society

Fossil Collecting Harrison Lake

What You'll Want To Know Before You Go

AWESOME SOCIAL PEEPS #FF

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DEAN LOMAX
DINO GEORGE YOUTUBE
DINO GIRL
DINOSAUR GEORGE
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PALAEOCAST
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SVEN SACHS
TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRENCH

Valley of a Thousand Peaks and the Rocky Mountain Trench

PALAEONTOLOGY NEWS

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Monster salamander with powerful jaws unearthed in Tennessee fossil find
New evidence reveals advanced maritime technology in the philippines 35,000 years ago
Rock record illuminates oxygen history

TITANITES: THE FERNIE AMMONITE / EPISODE #13

Visit Fernie's Iconic Ammonite, the Western Giant

DR. BETSY NICHOLLS

Dr. Betsy Nicholls, Rolex Laureate Vertebrate Palaeontologist from the Royal Tyrrell Museum, excavated the type specimen of Shonisaurus sikanniensis over three field sessions in one of the most ambitious fossil excavations ever ventured

SHONISAURUS SIKANNIENSIS

More than 200 million years ago, the Shonisaurus sikanniensis swan in our ancient seas. A 70-foot long specimen encased in limestone was unearthed on the banks of the Sikanni Chief River. Many beautiful souls contributed to our knowledge and excavation of Shoni, particularly from Dean Lomax, Sven Sachs and our own Betsy Nicholls.

GORGONS: THE GREAT KAROO

Dry heat and hot fossils in South Africa in Episode #71 on the Huntress Podcast

TOUCHING DEEP TIME / THEROPOD TRACK

YOUR FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Natural history writer, producer & podcaster who shares about palaeontology and the gorgeous Pacific Northwest. Proud Norwegian-Canadian Tlingit Kwagu'ł and status citizen of the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida of Alaska living in British Columbia. Approachable science infused with First Nation wisdom & language. Sole author of ARCHEA (1.5 Million+ Views); Paleontology Column on Science 2.0 (500K Views), Co-authored In Search of Ancient BC, 12K Followers on Instagram & 16K on Facebook/Meta. Writer, Producer for BC's Fossil Bounty. Host of the Fossil Huntress Podcast with 33K+ Plays/Listens in 97 Countries. "I am drawn to the stories written in our rock and projects that celebrate geology, palaeontology—First Nations art, history, culture, language, conservation and stewardship." —Heidi Henderson aka The Fossil Huntress

Stegosaurus—Jurassic thyreophoran dinosaur

The Incredibly Talented PalaeoArt of Daniel Eskridge

FOUR RAINDROPS... / 'YUGWAXSTA'YALA

Four individual raindrops falling on the high peaks of the Rockies could easily end up thousands of miles apart -- one flowing north to the Beaufort Sea, another reaching the Gulf of Mexico, a third would be absorbed into Hudson Bay to the east and the last into the vast Pacific.

PTEROSAURS / EPISODE #32

Flying Reptiles of the Mesozoic

ANCIENT GENOMES

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
Scientists finally know why early human migrations out of Africa failed
Farming without famine: Ancient Andean innovation rewrites agricultural origins
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong

CANADIAN PARKS VIRUAL FIELD TRIPS

Explore Canada's Parks & Choose Your Next Staycation

PaleoWire

Protein scraps help fill in dino family tree (Reuters)
Shell-breaking Crabs Lived 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought
Refining The Date Of Dinosaur Extinction And The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary
Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own
Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites

CAPILANO FOSSIL FIELD TRIP / EPISODE #84

Explore Vancouver's Cretaceous North Shore Fossils

EXPERIENCES STEEPED IN CULTURE

DESTINATION INDIGENOUS
Earth Day Footprint Calculator
Eco Preservation Society
First Nation Cultural Tours Ontario
HAIDA HERITAGE CENTRE AT KAY LLNAGAAY
HOMALCO Wildlife & Cultural Tours
INDIGENOUS TOURISM BC
KLAHOOSE COASTAL ADVENTURES
Sea Wolf Adventures Northern Vancouver Island
SECWEPEMC MUSEUM & HERITAGE PARK
SPIRIT BEAR LODGE
Sustainable Earth Adventures
U'MISTA CULTURAL CENTRE
XWISTEN EXPERIENCE TOURS

BC's INCONIC SPIRIT BEARS / EPISODE #79

Explore the world of BC's Spirit Bears — Ursus Americanus kermodei

BRITISH COLUMBIA TRIP PLANNING RESOURCES

BC FERRIES
BRITISH COLUMBIA MAGAZINE
DESTINATION BRITISH COLUMBIA
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INDIGENOUS TOURISM BC
LIGHTER PACK AND GEAR WEIGHT LIST
PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES
SUPER, NATURAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

HEXACORALLIA / 'MIS'MAT'SA

SEA LIFE / DUǤWA̱T̕ALA

Why do killer whales keep handing us fish? Scientists unpack the mystery
Sex swap in seconds: The fish that takes charge and changes gender
Tiny creatures, massive impact: How zooplankton store 65 million tonnes of carbon annually
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Scientists reprogram ant behavior using brain molecules

EXPLORE YOUR WORLD / BENEATH THE SEA

Come Meet Your Neighbours Beneath the Waves — Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish & Nautilus.

Weather & Tide Conditions / DUGWAT'ALA

BC Boating Resources
AHOY Sailing Trip Planning Resources
Canadian Coast Guard
Jericho Wind Conditions
Ocean Tides, Currents & Water Levels
Slack Tides & Currents
Canadian Tide Tables

MARINE WEATHER / TIDE TABLES / A̱WILAGA̱TŁA̱LA

Sailing or Beach Collecting? Know Before You Go

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BURGESS SHALE BIOTA / EPISODE #76

Explore the Cambrian Exposures of the Burgess Shale

Building British Columbia

Some 270 million plus years ago, had one wanted to buy waterfront property in what is now British Columbia, you’d be looking somewhere between Prince George and the Alberta border.

EPISODE #61 GEOLOGIC TIME & THE PERIODIC TABLE

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GEOLOGY

New Orleans is sinking—and so are its $15 billion flood defenses
A giant pulse beneath Africa could split the continent — and form an ocean
123,000-year-old coral fossils warn of sudden, catastrophic sea-level rise
How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds
Winter sea ice supercharges Southern Ocean’s CO2 uptake

PYRITE: FOOL'S GOLD / EPISODE #73

A Child's Story of Striking Gold

EARTH CLIMATE

Drone tech uncovers 1,000-year-old native american farms in michigan
Long shot science leads to revised age for land-animal ancestor
Rock record illuminates oxygen history
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Scientists use fossils to assess the health of Florida's largest remaining seagrass bed: Surprisingly, it's doing well!

PRAEGRESSUS

How female friendships help chimp babies survive
Sex swap in seconds: The fish that takes charge and changes gender
These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Scientists reprogram ant behavior using brain molecules

LOVE THE WILD: EXPLORING BRITISH COLUMBIA

Visit British Columbia's Magnificent Wildlife

DINOSAUR NEWS

Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Monster salamander with powerful jaws unearthed in Tennessee fossil find
160 million years ago, this fungus pierced trees like a microscopic spear
Long shot science leads to revised age for land-animal ancestor
New velvet worm species a first for the arid Karoo

TRIASSIC FAUNA OF HALLSTATT / EPISODE #38

Salt Mines, Pristine Wilderness & Triassic Ammonoids

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Monster salamander with powerful jaws unearthed in Tennessee fossil find
160 million years ago, this fungus pierced trees like a microscopic spear
Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans

DINOSAUR HUNTING IN ALBERTA / EPISODE #59

PaleoWire

Protein scraps help fill in dino family tree (Reuters)
Shell-breaking Crabs Lived 20 Million Years Earlier Than Thought
Refining The Date Of Dinosaur Extinction And The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary
Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own
Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites

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FOSSILS IN THE NEWS

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URSUS ARCTOS / TEK-WAY-DEE

MAMMA MOOSE, BABY MOOSE... GRIZZLY!

We freeze cameras in hand. In seconds the three are upon us. Mamma moose runs straight for us and reaching our boats turns 90 degrees and bolts for the woods -- her calf fast on her heels. The Grizzly, running and caught up in the thrill of the kill, doesn’t notice the deke, hits the brakes and stands up on her hind legs in front of us, ready for some lunch.

BOWRON GRIZZLY GIVES CHASE / NANDZI

Mamma Moose, Baby Moose... Grizzly! Click the photo to hear the Huntress Podcast episode with this tale.

URSAVUS / TEK-WAY-DEE

The Bowron Lakes are at an elevation of 3000 ft. making both Grizzly and Black Bear sightings are common. Both bear families descend from a common ancestor, Ursavus, a bear-dog the size of a raccoon who lived more than 20 million years ago. Seems an implausible lineage having just met of the their larger descendents.

Discover Your World — Ursidae

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EARLY MAMMALS

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
Monster salamander with powerful jaws unearthed in Tennessee fossil find
The 10,000-mile march through fire that made dinosaurs possible
160 million years ago, this fungus pierced trees like a microscopic spear

LOVE THE WILD: MOOSE / T̕ŁA̱WA̱L'S

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ARMAG'AH ADAPTATIONS / ATLA'NAM / U'LIGAN

EARTH'S WILDLIFE / EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

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LOVE THE WILD: HORSE / GU'DAN

The Xeni Gwet'in First Nation care for the Qayus wild horses of the Nemaiah Valley

MYOMANCY | ROLL THE MICE

Myomancy was a method of divination by mice. Their behaviour was observed and taken as a omen of what was to come. Modern scientists study the movements of mice more than the ancient myomancers did and for ends that are not dissimilar.

NATURE NATURUM

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BOBBING IN THE BRINE / K'ASA

Re-Wilding British Columbia: The Sea Otter population in BC's Salish Sea now number more than 8,000

MARINE BIOLOGY

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RUCKUS ON THE ROCKS / T'LIX'AN

OUR OCEANS / DA̱MSXI

New Orleans is sinking—and so are its $15 billion flood defenses
Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1. 5 °C is almost gone
Tiny creatures, massive impact: How zooplankton store 65 million tonnes of carbon annually
Ancient carbon ‘burps’ caused ocean oxygen crashes — and we’re repeating the mistake
123,000-year-old coral fossils warn of sudden, catastrophic sea-level rise

HUMPBACK / GWA'YAM

CETACEAN / g̱wa̱'ya̱m

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TIDEPOOL ANEMONES / 'MIS'MAST'SA

FROM THE SEAS

Sex swap in seconds: The fish that takes charge and changes gender
Tiny creatures, massive impact: How zooplankton store 65 million tonnes of carbon annually
Rainbow reefs revealed: The secret 112-million-year saga of glowing fish
Birds nested in Arctic alongside dinosaurs
New velvet worm species a first for the arid Karoo

TIDE TABLES & MARINE WEATHER

ANCIENT BIRDS

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
New velvet worm species a first for the arid Karoo
Megalodon: The broad diet of the megatooth shark
Asians made humanity's longest prehistoric migration and shaped the genetic landscape in the Americas
Digital reconstruction reveals 80 steps of prehistoric life

Parasaurolophus with a Pearl Earring

A Nod to Vermeer

GODS OF THE AIR

Reaching speeds of over 320 km/h (200 mph) Peregrine falcons are truly one of the Gods of the Air. Highly adaptable to hot and cold temperatures, Peregrines boast a breeding range that stretches from the icy cold Arctic tundra to the searing Tropics.

FALCO PEREGRINUS / MAMA'NA

ECOLOGY RESEARCH

Tiny creatures, massive impact: How zooplankton store 65 million tonnes of carbon annually
How life endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic meltwater ponds
Rainbow reefs revealed: The secret 112-million-year saga of glowing fish
Amphibian road mortality drops by over 80% with wildlife underpasses, study shows
Huge sea-urchin populations are overwhelming Hawaii's coral reefs

FOSSIL & MODERN GINKO

EARTH SCIENCE NEWS

International collaboration of scientists rewrite the rulebook of flowering plant genetics
Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed
Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado's subalpine forests

GINKO: LIVING FOSSIL

Each year, I grow Ginko and Metasequoia "Living Fossils" to plant on Earth Day as an homage to our environment and a cleaner, kinder world

RAIN OR SHINE

Rain long foretold takes a long time to pass; if it arrives on short notice, it soon will pass. For the folks I go out collecting with all hikes, digs and kayak trips are rain or shine. Safety is always top of mind and prepping for the weather is paramount. Keep yourself safe whatever part of the world you choose to explore. For forecasts of marine weather in Vancouver call 604.666.3655 or visit http://www.weatheroffice.com/

WISDOM OF TREES

These beetles can see a color most insects can’t
What a dinosaur ate 100 million years ago—Preserved in a fossilized time capsule
160 million years ago, this fungus pierced trees like a microscopic spear
Whales blow bubble rings--And they might be talking to us
Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research shows

ORIGIN OF LIFE

Buried for 23,000 years: These footprints are rewriting American history
This team tried to cross 140 miles of treacherous ocean like stone-age humans—and it worked
Farming without famine: Ancient Andean innovation rewrites agricultural origins
Mammals didn't walk upright until late—here's what fossils reveal
No kings buried here: DNA unravels the myth of incestuous elites in ancient Ireland

Monday, 16 November 2009

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