When I walk out on the bottom lands beneath my home in the hills of northwest Oregon, I am keen to take note of such troublesome invasive species as Nutria (or Copyu, Myocastor coypus), American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), and Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius). However as I’m doing so, I’m passing by a number of other invasives without giving them so much as even a passing glance.
If there was ever a geographic location that needed a comprehensive reference guide to its amphibians and reptiles, the border states between the United States and Mexico is it. And not only a comprehensive reference guide, but a bilingual one. Therefore its exceptionally fortunate that Texas A&M University Press has recently published Amphibians and Reptiles of the US – Mexico Border States/Anfibios y reptiles de los estados de la frontera México – Estados Unidos.
Back when I was a schoolboy, we took a bit of time each February to remember the lives and deeds of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. That was the idea, at least; most of what we came away with however was little more than myth and triviality. Washington was scrupulously honest and had a youthful […]
You’ve probably heard the phrase tossed casually about by political commentators or business news reporters – “we need a new normal,” “families began experiencing a new normal in housing over the last year,” “this could turn a bad recession into the new normal” – but when, if ever, have you heard the phrase actually explained; […]