Category: Blogs
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Beautiful but toxic night blooming plant attracts moths
Published July 3, 2021 in the McAllen Monitor. Sunlight shows off flowers in all their daylight glory; others are spectacular only in the moonlight . . . .
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Anita’s Blog — Cicadas Sing; Dragons Fly
Late summer is abuzz with sounds and sights as the natural world continues its annual mission . . . .
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Anita’s Blog — The Hoppers
The naming of things — humans are the only species (as far as we know) compelled to put a name to things — even the tiniest of things . . . .
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The Intriguing but Maligned Bronzed Cowbird
by M. Kathy Raines A bronzed cowbird is not a bad bird for depositing her eggs in the nest of an unwitting host, whose own brood often dies. No, the cowbird, like ourselves, does what it does to survive and prosper. An obligate brood parasite—like about 1% of bird species, including some cuckoos—a cowbird never…
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Anita’s Blog — Out of Sync
Sudden environmental changes disrupt the nature of things, but in the natural world, the beat goes on. . . .
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Anita’s Blog — It’s a What Kind of Wasp?
Who doesn’t love those shrill summer serenades when the sun goes down?