Most tent caterpillars construct “tents” (hence the name) as shelter where they will gather as a group when not feeding. This provides protection from predators and may also help keep them warm.
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Mosquito hawks are often mistaken as giant mosquitoes or mosquito hunters, but they are neither. Mosquito hawks are actually crane flies.
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Arachnophobia is real, but it can be overcome. Being able to normalize my view of spiders has enabled me to appreciate spiders in general, and especially the golden orb weavers that decorate the boardwalk.
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One of the highlights of the time I spend as a volunteer on night hikes at Armand Bayou is owl sightings.
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I am intrigued by coyotes and had been waiting to hear their voices on the family night hikes for which I regularly volunteer. They are not widely popular animals.
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Cooler weather and shorter days are coming up fast. One of my favorite things in the autumn is observing the moon. The skies seem a little clearer and the air a little brisker. At Armand Bayou Nature Center, our family night hikes begin in time to watch the moon rise over the prairie.
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Plastic is everywhere; it’s in our drinking water, it’s in the oceans, it’s in the Ship Channel, and it makes its way into Armand Bayou, too. Plastic is falling in the snow in the arctic, and there’s plastic bags at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Plastic is even in our own bodies.
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We need Environmental Justice because minority and low-income communities are disproportionately affected by environmental hazards. They are more likely to breathe polluted air and be located near toxic waste sites.
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Crows are often associated with negative ideas like death, bad luck, and general spookiness, but they don’t deserve this reputation. They are incredibly smart, playful, altruistic, and have close-knit families just like us.
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Cottonmouths, also known as water moccasins (agkistrodon piscivorus), are probably the most common mistaken identity of so many harmless water snakes in yards and neighborhoods across the southeastern United States.
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Spring has sprung here in southeast Texas, and many of our scaly, slithering friends have woken from their long winter’s nap. Yes, I’m talking about SNAKES!
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