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- Added: Nov 21, 2022
- Length: 01:58:02
- Purchases: 24
The photos are mine of the Mirabilis longiflora flowers and Manduca sexta, the Carolina sphinx moth and tobacco hornworm. Note the seven streamline...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:21
Our guests Indigenous Activists SunRose IronShell and Manape LaMere speak on the history and impact of the Indian Boarding Schools, generational tr...
- Added: Aug 21, 2022
- Length: 58:00
At my age I should being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I like to tell our daughters Katy and Sarah that some da...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 04:23
I pursued the Mexican stoneroller ( Campostoma ornatum) for a few minutes trying to get a photo or two before deciding to quit harassing the fish i...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 04:19
There are 30 species of Dalea found in Arizona, many of which are in the nursery trade because they are so doggone pretty. How cool is that? Very.
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- Added: May 19, 2022
- Length: 04:20
Aileen Erler tells the story of Nanaboozhoo and his smart berries.
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 05:21
Holly T. Bird talks with author Angeline Boulley about her book "Firekeeper's Daughter."
- Added: Dec 17, 2021
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 2
The glossary in the back of a flora is full of wonderful words that you may never had heard or seen before, especially if you’re not a botanist. I ...
- Added: Nov 01, 2021
- Length: 05:13
The scientific name of the ringtail is Bassariscus astutus. It’s in the Procyonidae, the same family as our local borderlands’ critters the raccoon...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:56
I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is fun. And by the way, it was my friend and Willcox resident Steve Marlatt who reminded me of ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:55
Will Rogers was a proud member of the Cherokee Nation
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
Phemeranthus aurantiacus, the former Talinum aurantiacum, is now in Talinaceae, the flameflower family, “a family of two genera and 28 species.” Th...
- Added: Jul 25, 2020
- Length: 04:45
Isn’t it wonderful to live in a region where clouds and humidity and rain are so celebrated? You can identify the natives and converted natives as ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2020
- Length: 05:05
Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...
- Added: Jun 11, 2020
- Length: 05:19
I could have jabbered on forever (you probably noticed) and still not have mentioned all the wonderful things happening now in the uplands as sprin...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 05:51
The desert bighorn is found in the arid regions of the western and southwestern US and across the border in Mexico. Its scientific name is Ovis can...
- Added: May 22, 2020
- Length: 05:08
Searching our pantry and chest freezer has been quite an adventure. We’ve even found some unlabeled items in the freezer. “What do you suppose that...
- Added: May 18, 2020
- Length: 05:22
There are several species of Marah found in the western US, but only M. gilensis in Arizona. I call it wild cucumber, but another common name is ma...
- Added: May 18, 2020
- Length: 04:39
I like the name sumac. I learned it when I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but there...
- Added: May 04, 2020
- Length: 05:40
Native Comedian Ron Kanutski is a very funny guy!
- Added: Apr 17, 2020
- Length: 04:51
Where we live in southeastern Arizona it has been a very wet winter with rain out in the flats and snow in the hills and mountains. All that moistu...
- Added: Mar 03, 2020
- Length: 05:20
My goodness, there are times that I so miss the Sonoran Desert, especially when I leave the desert grassland and get into the diverse vegetation th...
- Added: Feb 24, 2020
- Length: 05:10
When I was little boy I thought the name yellow-bellied sapsucker was the funniest thing I’d ever heard and though I did know it was some sort of b...
- Added: Feb 19, 2020
- Length: 05:23
I enjoy hearing friends talk about the plants that they’ve seen on walks or hikes and when we share our enthusiasm the jabbering is so sweet.
- Added: Feb 09, 2020
- Length: 04:49
