by Loti Woods | Jan 9, 2021 | Field Notes
Do You Fear Bees? So Do Elephants! How Can Bees Help Elephants? As elephants and humans compete for scarce land and water resources, they come into conflict, sometimes with fatal results. It doesn’t take long for an elephant to ruin a farmer’s crops. So...
by Loti Woods | Nov 22, 2020 | Animals, Field Notes
Frog Skin: The Ultimate In Recycling Frog skin. I never really thought about it. Other than it feels slimy to the touch. Hmmm, bet you never thought about it either, did you? But it could just be the best use of recycling we have seen. No way. Frogs (& toads) are...
by Loti Woods | Aug 13, 2020 | Animals, Field Notes
Discover How The Amazing Fox Uses Earth’s Magnetic Field Using Earth’s Magnetic Field To Navigate Do you ever go into the woods and use a compass to find your way around the forest? The compass has a needle that aligns with the earth’s magnetic field...
by Loti Woods | Jul 24, 2020 | Animals, Field Notes
Horseshoe Crab Blood: How It Can Save Your Life We just got our first COVID-19 vaccine. Which is a little scary since the vaccine is brand new. But we take comfort the vaccine is free of bacteria since it is tested with a substance called LAL. But our comfort quickly...
by Loti Woods | May 21, 2020 | Animals, Field Notes
Garden Bugs Come In All Colors! Discover Why. A Garden Bug Confession I have a confession to make. Garden bugs are cool, but I didn’t grow up caring much about bugs. One of my favorite things to do when I was little? Step on ants. The more the better. Where that...
by Loti Woods | May 1, 2020 | Field Notes
A Great Time To Be A Citizen Scientist Dream of being a Scientist? Wouldn’t it be cool to be a scientist? It turns out you may already be a citizen scientist and don’t even know it. But wait, what the heck is one? Well, anyone who is curious about the...
