A recent case of Mad Cow Disease turned up in California. Only a single animal. Everyone is trying to say how safe we really are. Are we? What exactly is mad cow disease and how concerned should we be? Mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a brain disease caused by unconventional pathogens … Continue reading
I drove over 700 miles recently. There is no radio in my truck and if I sing to myself it isn’t at all entertaining. Also, I can’t get to be entertained by talk radio. So what do I do? Usually just daydream, but this trip I met a fly.
About 15 years ago or so, I was collecting insects in the Gila Wilderness in southwest NM. I came across several salamanders and I knew right away they were an undescribed species. I have a background in herpetology before I went into entomology. I captured four adults and brought them home with me. I asked … Continue reading