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Nature Notes

 Marfa Public Radio

Why do rattlesnakes rattle and hummingbirds hum? How do flowers market themselves to pollinators? Why do tarantulas cross the road? Nature Notes investigates questions like these about the natural world of the Chihuahuan Desert region and the Llano Estacado. Through interviews with scientists and field recordings, this Marfa Public Radio original series reveals the secrets of desert life. Join host Dallas Baxter for new episodes on each week on Thursdays. Episodes are written and produced by Andrew Stuart and edited by Marfa Public Radio and the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Texas.Nature Notes is supported by Shield-Ayres Foundation.

Life Sciences Science Education Nature
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
3 minutes
Episodes
29
Years Active
2025
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Stories in the Soil: Exploring the “Geoarcheology” of the West Texas Plains

Stories in the Soil: Exploring the “Geoarcheology” of the West Texas Plains

Lubbock Lake is one of several important archeological sites on the West Texas plains that testify to the earliest Americans, the “Paleoindians.”
00:04:00  |   Thu 27 Feb 2025
Mississippi Kites: New Raptors to West Texas Embody Wild Tenacity

Mississippi Kites: New Raptors to West Texas Embody Wild Tenacity

Mississippi kites are slender and elegant, with 3-foot wingspans and plumage that fades from black to a pale gray-white. They once summered mostly in the Southeast, nesting in deciduous trees. But as…
00:04:00  |   Thu 13 Feb 2025
With its Evolutionary Magic, the Grasshopper Mouse Could Revolutionize Medicine

With its Evolutionary Magic, the Grasshopper Mouse Could Revolutionize Medicine

Pound-for-pound, grasshopper mice are among the fiercest predators in the desert borderlands, and they’re unfazed by venomous prey.
00:04:00  |   Fri 07 Feb 2025
Through a Fraught History, Golden Eagles Endure in West Texas

Through a Fraught History, Golden Eagles Endure in West Texas

Standing 2 and a half feet high, with wingspans of 7 feet or more, golden eagles are the apex avian predator of West Texas. The region is home to golden eagles that breed here and are year-round resi…
00:04:00  |   Fri 24 Jan 2025
Hognose History: Cracking the Code of a Star Snake in West Texas

Hognose History: Cracking the Code of a Star Snake in West Texas

West Texas is rich in reptiles, and the western hognose snake is one of the region’s stars. Its calling card is its shovel-like face, but the snake – which poses no threat to humans – also has a host…
00:04:00  |   Tue 10 Dec 2024
Scientist Explore an Enigmatic Lizard in the Chinati Mountains

Scientist Explore an Enigmatic Lizard in the Chinati Mountains

Trans-Pecos Texas has a stunning diversity of reptiles and amphibians, and herpetologists, both professional and avocational, flock here from around the world. Now, researchers are turning their atte…
00:04:00  |   Thu 14 Nov 2024
Biocrusts – “The Living Skin of the Desert” – Thrive in Our Region’s Harshest Places

Biocrusts – “The Living Skin of the Desert” – Thrive in Our Region’s Harshest Places

Gypsum landscapes occur globally, but they abound in the Chihuahuan Desert, from Coahuila and Durango to the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas and New Mexico’s White Sands. These white-sand outcrops are c…
00:04:00  |   Thu 31 Oct 2024
West Texas “Nabkha” Dunes Reveal a Rugged Region’s Fragility

West Texas “Nabkha” Dunes Reveal a Rugged Region’s Fragility

Large swaths of West Texas are dominated by features called coppice dunes. These dunes reveal that, when human activity and extreme weather intersect, landscapes can be rapidly transformed.
00:04:00  |   Thu 10 Oct 2024
Megastar Médanos: Exploring Chihuahua’s Samalayuca Dunes

Megastar Médanos: Exploring Chihuahua’s Samalayuca Dunes

When it comes to sand dunes in our region, we think of New Mexico’s White Sands, the Monahans Sandhills, or the Salt Basin Dunes near the Guadalupe Mountains. But there’s another great sand sea here.

00:04:00  |   Thu 26 Sep 2024
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