Soda straws

Soda straws

This post is not going to be about trash…just telling you. 🙂 And I think you should be ready to see awesome formations. Will an Imperiled Butterfly Survive Climate Change? It Depends on Shifting Rainfall Patterns Judge Restores Federal Protections for Gray Wolves in 44 States Turning Trash Into Treasure: Chemists’ Radical Way To Make…

Leafy liverwort

Leafy liverwort

Every step leads us to more treasures! Carol Clark writes another good one! Botany Nerd Learns Botany Word Life in the soil was thought to be silent. What if it isn’t? There’s A New Sound (The Sound Of Worms) – 1953 The Muppet Show – There’s a New Sound Keep looking! The more you know,…

A green caterpillar

A green caterpillar

Heading away from the grotto, nature was providing us with many more sights! New Mosquito Vision Discovery Could Help You Hide From These Disease-Carrying Bloodsuckers Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.

New lichen!

New lichen!

So what new treasures would find we find as we continued on? Like Owls, Some Prehistoric Flying Reptiles May Have Regurgitated Pellets First evidence that dinosaurs caught potentially fatal coughs How Madam C.J. Walker Changed Philanthropy Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.

Leaving the grotto

Leaving the grotto

The grotto just by itself is amazing, but still there are plenty more to see down stream from the grotto. Onwards we went! To Impress Lady Birds, Male Sparrows Sing Their Songs on Shuffle Scientists Can Spot Shrimp Eggs From Space Early Humans Placed the Hearth at the Optimal Location in Their Cave 170,000 Years…

Finally…

Finally…

Finally in this post, we make it to the grotto :-). And we are not disappointed with the wonders! Evidence of Europe’s first Homo sapiens found in French cave Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022 results gallery Chimpanzees Observed Applying Insects to Wounds – A Potential Case of Medication? Keep looking! The more you know,…

Under the ledges

Under the ledges

As we work our way nearer to the grotto, we were drawn towards the ledges. So we have to go up, but only to the undersides of the ledges. These Super Rare Butterflies Thrive on Army Bases. The U.S. Military is Helping Them. These Teeny, Tiny Turtle Hatchlings Fit in the Palm of Your Hand…

Closing in

Closing in

We slowly were making our way to reach the grotto. There was no hurry and of course there were treasures! This fossilized fish skull is filled with feces Researchers Now Know Where the Ancient Maya Planted Their Sacred Cacao Groves Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see,…

Not yet to the grotto

Not yet to the grotto

First we had to go further away from the grotto in order to get down to the grotto itself. So we were a few hundred feet down stream from the grotto at this point. The slug and the Venus Fly Trap! Satellite images show biggest methane leaks com from Russia and US Keep looking! The…

Dixon

Dixon

February 1st was a great day to make a return trip to the Dixon Water Foundation. The high temp for that day was 69. Sounds perfect and it was! ‘ Watch thousands of ‘vinegar eels’ swarm through a water droplet in amazing new video Thanks Judy! New research could be the first step to hydrogen…