Monthly Archives: May 2021

Audio of leaf insects and glacier mice Most of us imagine that Nature is strange, but, to use the structure of a famous quote by Walter Heisenberg (or maybe Arthur Eddington, there is some disagreement about the origin of this … Continue reading →

Audio of People, Cities, and the Suburbitat There are more and more people filling in the corners and hidden spaces of the Earth. I remember when I was in grade school (sometime in the early 1960’s) our teacher told the … Continue reading →

Audio of Mountain Pine Beetles The mountain pine beetle (MPB) (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a native insect of western North America. Its two other common names (“Black Hills beetle” and “Rocky Mountain pine beetle”) give a good idea of its range … Continue reading →

Audio of Natural Areas of Fort Collins Last week I described Deborah’s  and my drive over to Fort Collins from Greeley. Our destination, on the north side of Fort Collins, was one of the “natural areas” that have been established … Continue reading →