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Event

A Spectacular ‘Bloom Night’ 2021 at Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens

The Night-blooming Cereus had to bloom all alone in the summer of 2020, but this year, they opened in all their glory for the visitors

Adventure!

How About a Big Bug Snack? It’s High in Protein!

Every seventeen years, the Brood X Cicadas emerge from the ground in the northeast US. They climb and fly, singing their mating call, mate and

Event

Come Out and See Me at a Book-Signing on Cereus Bloom Night

On a recent walk in a Sonoran Desert wash, I came across the plant pictured above. I think it may be a night-blooming cereus, Peniocereus

photo of greater roadrunner in AZ desert

Birds

Who Was Observing Whom?

I was exercising my young horse when he suddenly turned away from me to look at something outside the ring. I discovered my horse enjoys

Living with Reptiles

Ecdysis: It’s Time to Grow!

Reptiles are characterized by having scales covering their bodies. That means when a reptile needs to grow bigger, it must shed the scales. The process

photo of head of red-footed tortoise, Rose

Tales From Elaine

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Prettiest Head of All?

Red-footed tortoises, Geochelone carbonaria, are popular pets. These natives of Central and South America are easy to care for and don’t get too big, growing

photo of rhino iguana with mouth open, ready to bite

Adventure!

That Hurt! Where is a Bottle of Alcohol When You Need It?

A couple of years ago I rescued a Rhinoceros Iguana, Rango, who had bitten her owner and a guest too many times. I brought her

Tales From Elaine

You Know You’re From Arizona When . . .

You might be familiar with these Fun Facts posted on Facebook by Brad Snyder in 2013. They are still very true today, and I’d like

Plants

Brittlebush Can Take the Heat!

One plant that has always amazed me in the Sonoran Desert is the Brittlebush. No matter how little rain falls nor how hot it is,

Button and Me

I’d Like to Recommend Snorting!

When I’m not writing fun science books, I’m caring for my animal companions: the iguanas, tortoises and turtle I live with, and my two horses,

Tales From Elaine

Do You Slather or Smear?

The English language has a lot of really great words. As a writer, I enjoy exploring them. This time of year in the Sonoran Desert,

Birds

Birds Do It, But Wow!

In the Spring, avian hearts turn to thoughts of love, or at least, to mating. Songs have been written about it. Cole Porter croons, “Birds

Lizards

Now, That’s My Kind of Window Dressing

I enjoy watching the sun rise over the Santa Catalina Mountains, and having a lizardly window dressing makes it even better. Who needs curtains when

Conservation

May 8th is the First International Blue Iguana Day!

May 8, 2021 is the first International Blue Iguana Day. Blue iguanas, Cyclura lewisi, are the endemic iguanas on the island of Grand Cayman in

photo of Octopus Agave Agave vilmoriniana in front of a home

Plants

The Very Tall Octopus Agave Plant

I saw these magnificent agave’s in the neighborhood where my chorus practiced outside. I was astounded by the height of the flower stalks that passed

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A Spectacular ‘Bloom Night’ 2021 at Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens

How About a Big Bug Snack? It’s High in Protein!

Come Out and See Me at a Book-Signing on Cereus Bloom Night

Who Was Observing Whom?

Ecdysis: It’s Time to Grow!

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Prettiest Head of All?

That Hurt! Where is a Bottle of Alcohol When You Need It?

You Know You’re From Arizona When . . .

Brittlebush Can Take the Heat!

I’d Like to Recommend Snorting!

Do You Slather or Smear?

Birds Do It, But Wow!

Now, That’s My Kind of Window Dressing

May 8th is the First International Blue Iguana Day!

The Very Tall Octopus Agave Plant

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