July 2010
2 posts
As the world goes into bloom celebrating summer, I’ve been thinging about Hydrangeas and the science and magic of alkaline and acid soils. For years, I changed our white and blue hydrangeas in the front yard from purple to pink and back again. All that was required was some pH altering soil and a little patience. Thinking about it this morning, I also began to think of the color altering...
A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins University geologist Naomi Levin has found that early hominids… http://fb.me/uwToyQjt
June 2010
21 posts
Tooth marks suggest early mammals chewed on dinosaur bones for calcium. http://fb.me/Dttms8ZR
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I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “KAYAKING & FOSSIL COLLECTING TRIPS” http://fb.me/B9H1aLNR
Fig wasps and fig trees are mutually dependent, with each of the 800 or so modern species of tree pollinated by… http://fb.me/D2iE5LTW
BP Burning Sea turtles alive. “Mike Ellis is a boat captain who’s been rescuing the endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea… http://fb.me/AudEsJ61
November 2009
1 post
Charmouth Ammonite http://bit.ly/45YK4t
October 2009
74 posts
Happy Halloween!
During the Miocene and Pliocene, 12-1.6 million years ago, a diverse group of extinct proboscideans, elephant-like animals walked the Earth. Most had four tusks and likely a trunk similar to modern elephants. They were beasts of legend, inspiring myths and stories of fanciful creatures to the first humans to encounter them. One such fellow was Quintus Sertorius, a Roman statesman come general,...
The Columbian Mammoth, the official state fossil of Washington, crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North America some one million years ago and made a home roaming the vast grasslands that stretched from Alaska to Mexico, mirroring the great Rocky Mountains, and munching down about 300 pounds of vegetation each day. During the Pleistocene this extinct elephant extended his habitat down into...
Bottlenose dolphins don’t sleep at all until they’re one month old. And when they do nap, they always keep one eye open.
Good drugs? Bucket orchids release a chemical that can make bees drunk.
The blue whale’s tongue weighs as much as an adult female brown bear.
Former Doobie Brother Jeff “Skunk” Baxter now advises Congress on missile defense. Wish I was kidding….
In 2005, scientists found fossilized blood vessels from a T. rex. Very cool!
Every minute, there are two minor earthquakes somewhere in the world.
Foot fetish or taste for clothed swimmers… we’ll never know.
In 1941, the following inventory was found in a shark’s belly: 3 belts, 9 shoes, 14 stockings and 43 buttons.
Not so sweet afterall… Garlic and onions are both members of the Lily family. Who knew?
No soup for you! The first archaeological evidence of soup dates back to 6000 BC. The main ingredient was hippopotamus.
Humans are responsible for the deaths of as many as 73 million sharks every year. They eat a few of us too.
Thinking about one last trip down to Washington in November to look at Eocene plant fossils… http://bit.ly/19pDCV
Hitler’s Sperm used for Science..: http://bit.ly/Z48ig via @addthis
Battle for Survival: Dinosaurs vs. Crurotarsans: http://bit.ly/32k4hq via @addthis
Pterosaurs: Predators Of Ancient Skies: http://bit.ly/2WdEkM via @addthis
Fossil & Nature related articles and photos http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/archea/ http://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/
I posted 4 photos on Facebook in the album “KAYAKING & FOSSIL COLLECTING TRIPS” http://bit.ly/13Mjw8
A short 90-minute drive north of the city of Vancouver, the nation’s gateway to the Pacific, is a recreational Shangri-La that attracts four season adventurers from around the globe to ski, board, hike, mountain bike, kayak and climb the local peaks. This treasure trove wilderness playground stretches along the breathtaking Sea-to-Sky Highway affording breathtaking views of the Pacific as...
Raptorex displays the hallmarks of its famous descendant, Tyrannosaurus rex, like an oversized head, tiny arms and… http://bit.ly/2WiQCp
