Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
Often times I go looking for those that shelter under a fold on a leaf. Mostly I just find a lot of frass. Hey frass happens. LOL. So maybe you will only find a lot of frass looking. However when you do find a larvae, I hope you smile too. đ Grand Canyon Fossils Offer…
The Arizona Crested Coralroot stop was a good one! So besides the Coralroot we found two cats. What a great stop, the Arizona Crested Coralroot and two cats! đ Texas using $1 billion fund to develop new state parks Thanks Suzanne! Millipede Molecules Scramble Ants â And Might Help Heal the Human Brain 545-Million-Year-Old Footprints…
Even if you live in an apartment and have only a porch or patio for plants, you can have pollinators! Catherine, thanks for sharing your photos of happy munching friends! Can sharks smile? Octopuses Fall for the Rubber Hand Illusion, Just Like Humans, Pointing to a Sense of Body Ownership Scientists Discover âShockingâ 18-Million-Year-Old Secret…
I sure am enjoying this cooler weather. Could humpback whales be trying to communicate with us? Thanks Judy! Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger? Thousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese temples The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to…
Spring is such a wonderful time. Everything is springing to life. And yeah, there is no stopping it. Indeed nothing was going to slow down the first one! Slime Sense The Mysterious Falcon Decline: Why Americaâs Smallest Raptor Is at Risk Most Bees Nest in The Ground. Offering Rocks And Gravel Is a Simple Way…
The time is right to get a closer look at the plants. Moreover not just for the plants but for the friends that dwell on them! Yep, time to look closer for our small friends! The murderous cat you live with is a murderous cat, a study shows Botanical Gardens are the Last Bastions for…
The last day at Caddo NG was grand fun as all the days were there. đ Can’t wait to return in a few weeks! A Hurricane Swept These Tortoises Across Miles of Ocean to a New Home in Floridaâand Now, They’re Thriving Prototaxites: Oldest giant organisms a lost kingdom of life? Stand Up for Science!…
Ok, black Friday is over. Take a breath. Now get out there and renew your spirit! Tuesday’s outing continues… Fowl Play: How Wild Turkeys Are Outsmarting Hunters New Research Explains How Children Learned for 99% of Human History Interstellar dreams: Bat blood may enable human hibernation for long space travels Worldâs oldest lizard wins fossil…
Monday was a LBJ Grasslands day! A great day to enjoy the beauty of one of our national treasures! So now you will be watching for them here too! 2,300 Years of Yellowstoneâs Grazing Giants Uncovered in Lake Sediments After killing phragmites, native plants prove complicated to cultivate Tiny Turtles Dressed in Swimsuits Are Truly…
Ah the beautiful LBJ National Grasslands. Indeed I feel so lucky to live near this treasure! The drama unfolded on the False Gaura with an abundance of life! Black widow spider venom decoded at ânear-atomic resolutionâ by scientists Hidden in Midwestern Cornfields, Tiny Edens Bloom Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see…