Bloom in tell-tale curliques. I saw fiddlenecks in Feb 2020 outside the San Pasqual Battlefield State Park museum near the entrance to the San Diego Safari Park in Escondido. In 2022, there were huge fields of them near Wieder Regional Park in Huntington Beach and also along trails in La...
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Southern California's wild parrot population is growing, raising worries that they might be threatening the survival of native birds.
That said, I also felt I’ve hit a bit of a plateau with processing and creativity in the field. Working with Kevin in the field and seeing what he was able to create in the situations given was inspiring to say the least. This gave me a bit of re-kindled spirit towards(…) ...
Unsettling as climate change is for all of us, I still take heart in this single tiny flower I met down at the creek. Not only is it persevering in the heat…it’s also just about the right shade of blue. Go Tarheels! It’s official: COVID-19 is no longer cool. It’s hanging...
Elucidating genetic diversity within wild forms of modern crops is essential for understanding domestication and the possibilities of wild germplasm utilization. Gossypium hirsutum is a predominant source of natural plant fibers and the most widely culti
Peter and Dr. Rae celebrate the ultimate payoff for wildlife conservation by returning animals to the wild. The adventure kicks off outside Seattle where two black bear cubs make a triumphant comeback from near disaster. Then in rural Washington, Dr. Rae tags along as beavers are relocated fro...
In the last few months I’ve been given sensitive information worthy of wikileaks headlines – how to kill your MP in 60 days – by adding a pinch of a certain ground flower into his/her sukumawiki … I’m told it’s 100% effective and untraceable… ...
Forage availability in these inter-rows was estimated by flower coverage at each sampling date, and landscape features were analysed within a radius of 750 m around the vineyards. Across all vineyards we found 84 wild bee species with a mean abundance (±SD) of 29 (±16.6). Forage ...