One by one, four fluffy white ferruginous hawk chicks emerged from eggs in a nest near Touchet at the start of this month, their hatchings documented by a trail camera. Biologists with the ...

It’s unique, too, because of a long, open seam of chert, a type of rock especially suited for stone tool–working, as well as for resisting decay. The fresh water running through the area was ...

Loron and colleagues reached this conclusion by “contrasting the anatomy and molecular composition of Prototaxites with contemporary fungi from the 407-million-year-old Rhynie chert,” they added.

When ancient humans first invented stone tools, they may have been trying to emulate naturally formed sharp stones, meaning they would not have needed a huge leap of inspiration. Can we ever know ...

Too early for one of those guys, too. A dark-phase ferruginous hawk, maybe? Could be. But I definitely saw a ferruginous hawk at the nesting platform just west of Clear Lake. It was perched there ...

Jaspers and cherts are the rocks most often confused with Lake Superior agates Lakers formed when mineral-infused solutions seeped into the gas bubbles of volcanic rocks Lake Superior agates are ...

Cornell University hosted the Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb. 14-17, 2025. Participants from around the world, including Monroe County, submitted bird sightings online. Rare sightings in Monroe ...

Campbell says the construction would harm protected wildlife. "Like the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. There are plants like the tumamoc globeberry," said Campbell. She says the impact would reach ...

The surveys focused on a variety of raptor species, including Golden Eagles, Ferruginous Hawks (Buteo regalis), Prairie Falcons (Falco mexicanus), Great-horned Owls (Buteo virginianus), and Common ...

It also poses grave threats to endangered wildlife like cactus ferruginous pygmy owls. I hope this agreement will make sure the agencies stop ignoring community concerns about the highway’s ...

Development would also impact the natural habitat of pronghorn and ferruginous hawks, a threatened species featured prominently in Yakama Nation ceremonies. In April 2024, after testimony and ...