Elevated zinc concentrations in Colorado waterway likely a result of climate...
Rising concentrations of zinc in a waterway on Colorado’s Western Slope may be the result of climate change that is affecting the timing of annual snowmelt, says a new study led by the University of...
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Mix It Up With Colorado Millet
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Each month, the Colorado Department of Agriculture features a different commodity to highlight the variety and quality of products grown, raised or processed in the state. This...
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Neanderthals were nifty at controlling fire
Neanderthals were nifty at controlling fire, according to CU-Boulder researcher A new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder shows clear evidence of the continuous control of fire by...
View ArticleArctic sea ice shows continuing ice loss
Measurements of winter Arctic sea ice shows continuing ice loss, says CU-Boulder Study The 2011 Arctic sea ice extent maximum that marks the beginning of the melt season appears to be tied for the...
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Star Night: September 16
Friday, September 16, 2011 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. Public Star Night at the Little Thompson Observatory, 850 Spartan Ave at Berthoud High School (park east of the high school; directions are posted on...
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Audubon Club presents “Wild Birding Colorado”
The Foothills Audubon Club will be having their program on Monday, October 3 at 7 p.m. at the Berthoud Area Community Center, 248 Welch Avenue, Berthoud, Colorado. Please join in for the October...
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Public Star Night at the Little Thompson Observatory
Friday, October 21, 2011, 7 – 11 PM Public Star Night at the Little Thompson Observatory, 850 Spartan Ave at Berthoud High School (park east of the high school; directions are posted at...
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Foothills Audubon Club November meeting
First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird’s Story. Open & free to the public / refreshments served
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The girl who silenced the world for five minutes
Thirteen-year old girl addresses United Nations meeting.
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50 Years After ‘Silent Spring’
Rachel Carson’s Brave, Groundbreaking ‘Silent Spring’ at 50 Years by Joseph J. Mangano and Janette D. Sherman Fifty years ago, a Johns Hopkins–educated zoologist did something that few at...
View ArticleDinosaurs and Other Colorado Fossils
By Doug Nichols Berthoud Recorder As dinosaur lovers of all ages in our state know, the Colorado State Fossil is the stegosaur (Stegosaurus stenops). This familiar herbivorous dinosaur with rows of...
View ArticleOur Natural World: Colorado’s Oldest Living Residents
By Doug Nichols Berthoud Recorder Have you met one of Colorado’s oldest living residents? No, it is not that cranky, old guy down the street; it is the bristlecone pine. They are among the oldest...
View ArticlePreserving a Paleontologic Treasure Chest
By Doug Nichols Berthoud Recorder Aug. 20, 2009, was the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, a site maintained by the National Park Service for the...
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Cooking with insects
Insect Chef David George Gordon Appearing Live at the Butterfly Pavilion Denver, CO – Curious as to how Tempura Battered Mealworms or Scorpion Scaloppine taste? Find out on Saturday, April 10, when...
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Moose near Johnson’s Corner on the Summer Solstice
By Tyler Kennedy Photo by Tyler Kennedy On my drive down I-25 to work this morning, I saw something you don’t regularly see on the plains, a bull and cow moose galloping alongside the interstate....
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In honor of Carl Sagan
The late Carl Sagan brought the science of the universe to millions of people. He described our existence as being on the shore of the cosmic ocean, where we are just beginning to learn what lies...
View ArticleOur Natural World: Colorado’s Oldest Living Residents
By Doug Nichols Berthoud Recorder Have you met one of Colorado’s oldest living residents? No, it is not that cranky, old guy down the street; it is the bristlecone pine. They are among the oldest...
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