Coprolite

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-dung-poop-dinosaur-reptile-ancestor-new-beetle-species

I always thought coprolite was important, not too sure about anyone who did not.

Wolves vs. Deer

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gray-wolves-scare-deer-roads-reduce-car-collisions

All the more reason to be in favor of wolves, because deer are all fun and games until you hit one with a car.

Logan & Coyote

 Logan and coyote from Purgatoire. near Trinidad in Colorado.

Space is the Place

 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-ring-molecules-life-found-space-first-time

Yet another time that truth is stranger than fiction.

Mosasaurs

 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-sea-reptile-mosasaur-fossil-razor-teeth

Interesting.

Leonids

 I woke up at 3am to go to the bathroom. So I figured I should go out to view the Leonid meteor shower.

In an hour and a half, I saw 3 good ones, and several faint ones.

Far short of the predicted one per four minutes.

And none of the "fireballs" that I was hoping for.

The dominant experience was the intense stench of skunk that only lasted a few minutes.  My guess is that it was not a skunk, but instead one of the local foxes patrolling the perimeter.

Whitetail Buck

 

Just a couple of blocks from downtown Silver Spring, MD. Stepped out in front of me, and I was one second too late with the camera.

Mule Deer Buck

 Mule Deer Buck near Trinidad, CO.

Bear

 Bear vandalizing a guzzler near Trinidad, CO.

Saber Tooth Anchovy

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saber-toothed-anchovy-relatives-hunted-sea-50-million-years-ago

But were they good with pizza?

Soft Shelled Eggs

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-discoveries-suggest-earliest-dinosaurs-laid-soft-shelled-eggs

Fascinating.

Dragon Lizard

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nose-horned-dragon-lizard-lost-science-found

Lost, then found.

Very interesting.

Red Racer in Penrose

Red Racer in Penrose, CO

Back

One day you are nothing and then....

Bang!

You are alive.

Doe with 4 fawns

We saw a whitetail doe with 4 fawns at Boerner, first time I have ever seen one with 4.

Exploding deer population.

Giant Piles of Poop

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/these-mystery-mounds-are-actually-giant-piles-earthworm-poop?tgt=nr

Those are some big worms.

Brontosaur Killers

http://www.arca.museus.ul.pt/ArcaSite/obj/gaia/MNHNL-0000779-MG-DOC-web.PDF

Very interesting paper on predator/prey evolution in the Jurassic.

Looking for poop

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/how-animal-poop-could-be-key-solving-echidna-mystery

Never underestimate the value of finding the right poop.

Sugar in Space

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/key-sugar-needed-life-could-have-formed-space?

Yet another example of truth is stranger than fiction.

Cats vs Rats

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-feral-cats-rats-abatement-met-20160407-story.html?

This is, indeed, life in the food chain.