Prickly Paradise: A Newcomer Living in the Desert

This morning we were eating our breakfast, when I looked out into the eyes of a bobcat. "Bobcat!" I exclaimed. This was the third ...

The desert is blooming--wildly, I'm told. Best blooming season in years. In Seattle, this kind of spring would be sort of "Ho hum.&...

Why do so many plants in the desert have thorns? I was expecting cactus to have thorns. That just seems part of the definition of being a ca...

One of my favorite animals around us are the quail. They are the definition of cute. Well, the cottontail rabbits hopping around are pretty...