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Monday, September 19, 2016

Bird Bones and Specimens

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A brief post to link to this story that we saw on Slate . http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/09/16/leah_sobsey_photographs_the_collect...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Spanish Florida: Poor in Metals, Rich in Waterways

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Hernando de Soto was one of several Spanish explorers and conquistadors in the 16th century who explored Florida looking for possible treasu...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Singer of the Songs of God and Nature

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“I did once want to be a lawyer, but that ambition has long since died out before the all-absorbing desire to be a worthy singer of the song...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Devils Postpile: A True Wilderness Experience

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DEPO 2286: Rainbow Falls Devils Postpile National Monument was established in 1911 and is located on the western slope of the Sierra Ne...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Piscataway Park: A Must See on the Potomac Trail

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If the Potomac River could speak, it would tell of whittling paths, changing routes, expansion, changing drainage patterns, and the plants, ...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Red Metal Fever in the Copper Country

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Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is often referred to as Copper Country. Its rich copper deposits were collected from the surface and mined by ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

John Day Fossil Beds: When Mammals Rule

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JODA 621: Mammal Fossil from the Order Rodentia Thomas Condon was a missionary who learned about the John Day fossil beds in 1862 from ...