Where I live, it gets hot in the summer. Very hot. And when the summer sun bakes the Arizona deserts, that hot, light air rises high above the saguaro and the creosote, above the Catalinas and the Superstitions, and births a low pressure system that sucks wind from south. With that wind comes moisture from …
Several years ago, I produced a short-lived podcast I called - you guessed it - Natural Wonders. Now and then, I'll be sharing episodes from that series. Here's one about a favorite insect of mine. As you'll hear, we go back a long ways.
John Muir, the great naturalist, conservationist, and father of our national parks, called sunset “The jewel of the day”. Here’s a gem I snapped from my own backyard in Tucson, Arizona.
There was something growing in the yard. The snail that was clinging to it knew what it was - it was an amorphous, dark glob in a world of light and dark globs. The bee that paused to investigate knew what it was, too - it was a …
Long ago, when the world was new, there was a bird that caused people much concern. This bird was as white as the falling snow, and very smart. But it was also mischievous, and loved to play tricks on people and other animals. Some of the tricks were funny, and the people could laugh at the …
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