Second Subbing Day

Second Subbing Day

It has been a week since I had checked the nest boxes for Jeanne. And what an absolute gorgeous day for checking again! Thank you to Jeanne! The platypus is a mix of animal parts and talents “Living Fossil” – Elusive Insect Thought To Be Extinct Rediscovered After 40 Years Mosquito Bucket Challenge June 7th,…

Fly In Meal

Fly In Meal

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…

Genus Is Fine

Genus Is Fine

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,…

Hairy Beetle

Hairy Beetle

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…

Happy to be Back

Happy to be Back

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…

Day 11 Trip

Day 11 Trip

Lovely hike! Check out Emily’s photos too. https://oregonbackyard.com/ Fossil amphibians found in burrows where they waited for the next rainy season The Myxomycetes: Natures’s Quick Change Artists 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…

Day 08 Trip

Day 08 Trip

More from Alaska below! It was really beautiful. And it was just us on this hike with two really talented naturalists. Check out Emily’s photos too. https://oregonbackyard.com/ Plant sex secrets: 150-million-year-old shrub unlocks flower reproductive evolution Mysterious Network of Canals From 4,000 Years Ago Predates The Maya Proposed Rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants…

Day 07 Trip

Day 07 Trip

Our exploring the shoreline was cut short. The whales were out further. So she hit the gas! We have a movie of the Orcas! There were four of them. However the movie will have to wait until we get home. Another fantastic day! These two ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago Scientists…

Day 04 Trip

Day 04 Trip

This trip is awesome! Ancient meteorite was ‘giant fertilizer bomb’ for life on Earth Why were prehistoric insects such giant bugs? 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 see and the…

Day 03 Trip

Day 03 Trip

Mysterious Secrets of Octopus Arms Revealed in Unprecedented Detail Scientists Unearth the Oldest Tadpole Fossil Ever Found, and It’s a 161-Million-Year-Old ‘Giant’ 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 see and…