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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…
Who can blame the creatures for avoiding me and the camera. Even though I try to tell them that fame and fortune will be theirs. 😉 Time to go check more boxes… What Do Bagged Chickens Have to Do With Sliced Cheese? Mysterious Symbols on 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art Hint at an Unknown Culture Keep looking!…
Sure hope we get some rain soon. Friday’s rain does not count here at our house. So far this year it has been either full on or off, eh. However at least we are having cooler weather. To Save Life on Earth, Bring Back Taxonomy These Ants Perform Life-Saving Operations on Injured Nestmates, Similar to…
The Barnett Ranch has been in the Barnett family since the mid 1800’s. Skip had invited us to visit again since the ranch was doing so well from the spring rains. Thank you Skip! A Deep-rooted Prairie Myth Thanks Claire! Ancient Cave Ritual From 10,000 Years Ago May Be World’s Oldest Tradition Keep looking! The…
We found a way through the dead cedars back to the creek channel. The creek was no longer flowing but there were pools of water. And goodness more treasures! Whatever this creature was it was fascinating to watch it move! It had been a fun day in the creek! Never-Before-Seen Trilobite Anatomy Preserved by Pompeii-Like…
Yesterday I told you that we were blocked by the cedars down stream. Well, now back at the original access point we headed up the creek. And this was not the proverbial bad thing. 😉 So would we turn back? Find out tomorrow! NASA Advances Research to Grow Habitats in Space from Fungi Genetic Giants:…
A tough decision had to be made. We had reached a creek. The water was flowing but not deep. And you now know the first decision…down the creek. Certainly y’all guessed that “neither” was never a real consideration. LOL. Giant, ancient crabs live beneath Rome, and conservationists have their backs: ‘They deserve to be saved’…
Tuesday had been another quail (bobwhite) survey morning. We didn’t hear one. 🙁 Fingers crossed for the next survey day. And then we reached the creek. What to do? You will have to wait until tomorrow to find out. LOL. These Cute, Fuzzy Bumblebees Are Precision-Engineered Pollinators Dazzling photos capture the unreal beauty of insects…
The heat is starting to settle in over North Texas. However despite the heat Jeanne and I needed to do a day trip to Caddo NG. We had a few places that had lit up our radar from the spring survey. And of course a follow-up was necessary. LOL. We were off to a good…