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
Now I was heading into the woods! Indeed, it had been a great day! Science in War, Science in Peace: The Origins of the NSF Amazing Fossil Preserves Teenage Tyrannosaur’s Last Meal New Research Reveals That Chimpanzees Are Capable of Complex Communication – And We’re Finally Listening Mosquito Bucket Challenge June 14, No Kings Sanger…
I continued on with my walk in the field. Tomorrow I will take you in the woods. Vets Borrow a Horse’s CT Scanner to Fit Giant, 302-Pound Sea Turtle and Get a Nice Surprise Thanks Claire! Forests “Talk” Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM…
Goodness gracious I hope y’all are getting outside before the weather turns hot! Sometimes genus is as good as gets! And I’m fine with that. 🙂 Mosquito Bucket Challenge Science in War, Science in Peace: The Origins of the NSF These Plants Protect Larvae From Wildfires Humans moving to ancient cities sent bedbug numbers soaring,…
The sunshine and the temperature made for a great day! We got 2.55″ yesterday. The Kern’s Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii) chowing down! Indeed nature always has a twist! To Reduce Human and Grizzly Bear Conflicts, Both Species Must Change Their Behavior Scientists Peered Inside The Echidna’s Mysterious ‘Pseudo-Pouch’ Harvard researchers devastated as Trump team cuts…
Another good rain for us last night. We got 2.41″. Also I am starting to see more bumbles! The queens must now have workers starting to help them. Left: unpollinated Western Horse Nettle (Solanum dimidiatum), center American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) on Texas Thistle, right pollinated Western Horse Nettle (Solanum dimidiatum). Scientists Peered Inside The…
What do ants, dung beetles, and vultures have in common? Of course we will be setting up a camera soon. Indeed what else would you expect. 🙂 Moreover you now know what I think an ant, a dung beetle, and a vulture have in common. They are part of nature’s cleanup crew! Salmon in the…
Today I was checking nest boxes for Jeanne. Goodness was it a good morning! What a grand morning! Thanks Jeanne! NOAA Forecasts a Busy Hurricane Season For 2025. What’s Fueling It? Volcanoes Send Secret Signals Through Trees And NASA Satellites Can See Them NSF plan to slash ‘indirect’ science funding: will it stick? June 14,…
So I love to see new places. But like Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) there is no place like home. 🙂 With a little persuasion the Giant Swallowtail cat poked out their horns (osmeterium)! Oh yeah it is good to be back home! Science rewritten: Humpback whales give birth while still migrating Watch Vampire Bats Run…
Sticky paper on bumpers reveals scale of bee deaths due to car collisions Scientists Reveal a Shocking Solution to The Chicken or Egg Paradox Proposed Rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants Let your voice be heard! Stand Up for Science! Our lives depend on it. Keep looking! The more you know, the more you…
If you like splashy color, now would be great time to head to the prairies on the LBJ NG. No matter what color you like best, you will certainly find your favorite color now in the prairies or the roadsides! 🙂 Herds of Mysterious ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffle Scientists Walled Off Study of 616 Languages Identified…