The slime molds’ DNA suggests they are ancient creatures, one to two billion years old, slithering over the Earth’s barren rock surface at a time when the only other land creatures were bacteria.
Author: Gerry Steinauer
Turtle Love
One morning last June, while photographing wildflowers in the Sandhills blowout, I came upon a pair of ornate box turtles.
Prairie Seeds in Winter
Seeds are plants’ life blood: its agent of dispersal to new habitats, as well as the foundation of its next generation.
Restoring the Blowout Penstemon
It is extremely difficult to restore the rare blowout penstemon, but encouraging efforts are underway.
The Wonderfully Named Fungi
Growing in forests, the appearance of jelly fungi ranges from ears sprouting from a tree trunk to globs of brain tissue smeared on a branch.
Wood-Sorrels
On a hot summer day, I often pop a wood-sorrel’s clover-like leaf into my mouth to experience a burst of citrusy tartness. The practice is a long tradition, as for millennia Native Americans have enjoyed them.