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KICKING IT WITH THE KAKAPO
I first heard about the plight of the kakapo parrot just recently, during a long winded but extremely interesting video segment of Douglas Adams. There are several interesting aspects about this bird, but the one that is intriguing me the most right now is the evolutionary biology angle. Basically, the kakapo is a bird that…
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Botanical Detectives
So what is this? We first encountered this plant while we were hiking through the Armand Bayou Nature Center, finding answers for an Earthcache out there. I was fascinated with the unique color of the leaves and the soft, rounded seed capsules beneath them. (Actually, I think I remarked that to me, they bore a…
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100 OLDEST ACTIVE GEOCACHES
1. GC30, 5/11/2000 Kansas, Mingo by The Kansas Stasher 2. GC12, 5/12/2000 Oregon,Geocache by Jerry Connelly 3. GC28, 5/13/2000 Illinois,Beverly by Robert Reindl 4. GC3E, 5/18/2000 New South Wales, Australia, Lane Cove by Paul Edwards 5. GC46, 5/26/2000 New Zealand, Geocache by Kevin AndeO’Byrne rson 6. GC39, 5/26/2000 New York, The Spot by GPS_Fool 7.…
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Did Someone Say “Tsunami”?
On December 29, 2004, elephants in Sri Lanka giving rides to tourists began trumpeting and acting agitated. Chains were broken, and the beasts ran for the hills. They weren’t the only ones acting peculiar that day. In nearby Yala National Park, monkeys and birds had been acting odd all day, turning their noses up at…