For many decades now, solar power has been promoted as a green, sustainable, and ecologically friendly solution for many of our important energy needs. After […]
Denton County Swamp Rabbits
It is not uncommon for people to think of rabbits and their kin as kinds of rodents, similar to rats, mice, and the like. But […]
Future Esoteric
DATELINE – March 20, 2026 I was inspired to write this article while walking through our neighborhood park. It was a sunny spring afternoon; the […]
Turtles of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Dateline – May 11, 2020 – Dallas/Fort Worth – Completed January 2026 Over the years, I have found that there are several turtle species in […]
Deep in the Heart – A Texas Wildlife Documentary
I’m a little overdue on writing this review. Deep in the Heart, a wildlife documentary–narrated by Matthew McConaughey–first came out in 2022. It made a […]
Willow – Diary of a Mountain Lion
The television program Nature first aired on PBS in October 1982. Nature is a weekly documentary program that focuses on wildlife and ecosystems. Over the […]
Meet The Shell-squatting Spider
A few weeks ago an interesting post came across my Facebook feed. It featured a BBC article describing a species of spider I was not […]
Flower Mound New Town
I grew up in Lewisville, Texas–a suburb of Dallas located in southeast Denton County. We moved there in the early 1970s, back when Lewisville was […]
Northern Exposure
A long, long time ago, at some point during my last semester in college, I began watching a TV program called Northern Exposure. The show […]
Two Texas Trips
DATELINE: Autumn 2024 – Spring 2025 Learning about and exploring the unique aspects of Texana is one of my favorite things to do. Sharing my […]
Addressing Mange in Coyotes with the Assistance of Artificial Intelligence
Mange is a skin disease that occurs in some North Texas mammals–both wild and domestic. It is a terrible affliction, especially for wild animals with […]
Listening to Bats
There are some 33 species of bats that call Texas home. Of these, possibly as many as 13 different species may be found in and […]