by Andrea Merrill | May 18, 2021 | Front Page Slider, Habitats
The next time it’s nighttime where you are, go outside and take a look at the sky. What do you see? Can you see the moon? Are there stars out? What constellations can you see? With more artificial lights making their way into our lives, a significant amount of...
by Andrea Merrill | May 6, 2021 | Front Page Slider, Habitats, Places
As one of the 7 wonders of Oregon, the Painted Hills are over 35 million years old and made up of a mix of layered ash, minerals, and soils. These iconic and beautiful hills are found in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, which is located in the high desert...
by Andrea Merrill | Apr 13, 2021 | Front Page Slider, Habitats
In Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, there are 106 acres of forest that’s actually a single Quaking Aspen with numerous shoots. At first glance, Pando, as the forest is called, looks like a grove of 47,000 individual Aspen trees. But a botanical researcher...
by Andrea Merrill | Mar 10, 2021 | Front Page Slider, Habitats
President Biden had a busy first day at the White House back in January and one of his first executive orders was to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While this is good news for the environment, this isn’t the only pipeline that some are trying...
by Andrea Merrill | Feb 19, 2020 | Habitats
There is an unusual tradition held each year in a Pennsylvania town that’s based on an old German legend. On February 2nd each year, a groundhog determines whether we’ll have another six weeks of winter or if spring will be early! Groundhog Day has been...
by Andrea Merrill | Jan 29, 2020 | Habitats
Climate change has affected so many different ecosystems around the world. Wildfires in California and Australia have been made so much worse because of drier conditions. Rising ocean temperatures are causing glaciers to melt and are cooking some salmon. The Great...
