Kit Foxes: the Desert’s Cutest Creature is a Shy, But Tenacious Survivor
If they weren’t so shy, they’d certainly be among our region’s most famous inhabitants. For charisma, for sheer cuteness, kit foxes have few competito...
Nature Notes from Marfa Public Radio
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Nature Notes explores the natural world of the Llano Estacado and the Chihuahuan Desert. We look at the plants, animals, and ecology of this unique region, as well as places to experience it and people working to conserve it. This free 4 1/2-minute weekly environmental feature is produced by Marfa Public Radio in Marfa, Texas, in conjunction with the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Texas. Through interviews with scientists and field recordings, Nature Notes reveals the secrets of desert life. The program airs Tuesday and Thursday on KRTS Marfa at 93.5 FM and KXWT at 91.3 FM in the Permian Basin.
Ocotillos: New Research Reveals the Importance, and Vulnerability, of an Iconic Desert Plant
They can live for 400 years, their spiny, twisting stems stretching 20 feet into the sky. Their red flowers bring luscious color to the desert, in eve...
“A Most Desperate Fight”: Battlefield Archeology on the West Texas Plains
What archeology tells us about the past is often partial, tentative, generating as many questions as answers. Yet in some cases, archeology can reveal...
Conquest of West Texas: Archeology Tells the Epochal Story of the Red River War
The story was repeated dozens of times in the 19th century, from the Carolinas to California: lands and resources promised to Native Americans in trea...
Snapshots of “the Wonderful Country”: Ecosystem Change and Historic Photographs
“Oh, how I wish I had the power to describe the wonderful country as I saw it then.” James B. Gillett entered West Texas in the 1870s, as a Texas Rang...
In “Texas as Art,” Geologist Transforms Satellite Imagery to Stunning Effect
As a return to air travel accelerates, some remember its conveniences, others its hassles. There are also surprising moments of beauty from the air. A...
Nurturing Nature in West Texas with “Water for Wild Birds”
On the prairies and deserts, in the cities and towns, sweet bursts of melody are announcing spring’s arrival in West Texas. As the poet Gerard Manley ...
Archeologists Win a “Race Against Time” in Documenting Ancient Canyonland Murals
At the threshold of West Texas, where the waters of the Pecos and Devils rivers mingle with those of the Rio Grande, and the Chihuahuan Desert blends ...
In West Texas, A Whirl of Birds Announces Spring’s Return
“Febrero loco y marzo otro poco” – “February is crazy and March a little more so” – a popular saying in Mexico and the borderlands has it. There are u...
In Operation Ponderosa, DNA Research for the Big Trees of West Texas
“You can never hear enough sound of wind in the pines,” the writer Gary Snyder says in a poem. It’s like a vast breath, enthralling as crashing surf. ...