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…

Colors of the Prairie

Colors of the Prairie

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…

Last Ones

Last Ones

On Sunday morning I headed to the grasslands. I needed to check on the progression of the Trout Lilies. Time for some to bed down for the season, but new friends continue to emerge as the wonderful rains help our thirsty friends! Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion…

More Rain, Eh

More Rain, Eh

Today we got more rain. I thought it was supposed to wait until tomorrow. Well, we got another 0.31″ today. Sure makes the plants happy! More rain tomorrow. Perhaps its time to get the oars out. LOL. This Secret Mathematical Rule Has Shaped Beaks For 200 Million Years Lens of Time: Bumper Bees Bird science…