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
Some days are more remarkable than others. But certainly there are always treasures to find! The First Park Visitor Center Celebrating LGBTQ+ History A Fossil Mystery, Solved by a Spin Redefining Planets Across the Universe Globally Renowned Ancient Rock Art in the Negev Desert Faces Imminent Destruction Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
This past week Jeanne and I headed up north to Norman, OK to attend the TORCH conference. TORCH stands for Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT®) $1.5 million to digitize its 355,000 herbarium specimen collections from Texas and Oklahoma in 2019. The…
It was noon before we finished at the first destination. Two more stops. And they were quick and short hikes. We managed to hit all our destination goals. So now it was time to head to the DQ before heading home! Yum! The Story Behind the Seashells By the Seashore Are Plastic Water Bottles Safe?…
Now we were getting close to the first destination! And now it was time to head back to the car. We still had two more quick stops to check. Flipping a famous fossil around reveals our earliest vertebrate ancestor, scientists say Wolves Vanished Across America, And We’re Still Uncovering The Damage Keep looking! The more…
It was time to wander away from the lake shore. Another great day of discoveries at the Caddo NG! Sperm whale communication secrets decoded by MIT scientists The ‘World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing’ Will Help Animals Walk Safely Over Eight Lanes of California Traffic Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the…
I am at home now but going backwards in my photo files to show some more treasures from last week’s Caddo NG surveying. More tomorrow from Caddo NG! Alaska’s Pristine Waterways Are Turning a Shocking Orange Scientists Reveal Why You Should Never Take Pebbles From The Beach Keep looking! The more you know, the more…
Continuing on with the Caddo NG adventure! Sexual Parasitism: Yale Scientists Unveil the Mating Mysteries of Deep-Sea Anglerfish What mosquitoes are most attracted to in human body odor is revealed The Vital Near-Magic of Fire-Eating Fungi Thanks Judy! Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more…
Time was flying by, but now it was time to circle back thru the woods to the car. Lots of good treasures are found next creeks. But in fact treasures are in many places! How plants mate for life and repel other suit Hoofed animals’ earliest ancestor discovered in Colorado Keep looking! The more you…
After successful relocating the Jelly Babies, our eyes were on alert for new stuff of course! I mean a lot can pop up in just a few days right. The Purple Coral Fungus has only been observed three times near Houston in Texas on iNat! One observation in Oklahoma. There are 3509 observations mostly in…