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    January 9th, 2024

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  • Pleistocene Terrace

    The pleistocene terrace is a recent layer of sandstone laid down between 2.50 million to almost 11,000 years ago. This is what we call recent. Some of my more cheeky former biology students would ask me if I walked the Earth back then. I digress. I’m taking this route because this little story weaves geology…


    January 10, 2024
  • Research Opportunities in Marine Ecology for High School Students

    In the year 2009 the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (then UTPA) obtained funding for a summer camp in marine ecology. High school students were selected from Dawson High School in Pearland, Texas and The International Baccalaureate Program at Lamar Academy from McAllen Independent School District. The five-day camp was held at The University…


    April 22, 2025
  • Birds of Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park

    My wife gave me her old workhorse of a camera when she upgraded. I’ve been getting used to it and have started taking pictures of the birds at Birds of Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, where I volunteer. My duty station is the Nature Center, a structure you pass as you make your way…


    March 8, 2025
  • One Type of Mantid (Bistanta campestris) (Anderson 2022)

    When I was a kid I spent my fair share of time playing outside. Curiosity fed exploration and I was exposed to all sorts of wonderful experiences. I remember my first encounter with a mantis (praying mantis). It was with both admiration and fear that I beheld this small creature. Later I learned that some…


    February 1, 2025
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