by Mark Duggan | May 29, 2019
Spring is an important time for bees and other pollinators. They awaken from their winter slumber and begin looking for food. That means browsing early-season flowers like dandelions and starting the swarming process around their queen. According to Carbondale...
by Mark Duggan | May 17, 2019
Miles from any metropolitan area, the region around the monument is one of the darkest places in the lower 48 states. Now it’s been officially recognized for its lack of light pollution by the International Dark Sky Association. I spoke with Sonya Popelka, who...
by Mark Duggan | May 11, 2019
One of the oldest captive golden eagles in the world, well-known to visitors at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, passed away in mid-May, apparently of a sudden illness.I spoke with ACES’ Naturalist Director Jim Kravitz, the bird’s handler for...
by Mark Duggan | Apr 17, 2019
Mental health for men is the focus of this year’s Let’s Talk Colorado Campaign. The coalition of more than 20 health organizations has an emphasis this year on the unique challenges men face with mental health. Six million men across the U.S. admit to...
by Mark Duggan | Feb 12, 2017
Author Craig Childs is known for his attraction to remote landscapes, whether the Atacama Desert of Chile – one of the driest places on the planet; or the vast, whiteout desolation of a research station on Greenland’s ice sheets. He is a rugged and...
by Mark Duggan | Dec 7, 2015
Jeronimo Cruz gets pretty excited about bodies. Celestial bodies. Constellations, nebulae, star clusters. He shares them all with childlike enthusiasm, making him the perfect guide for the nightly viewing program at Kitt Peak National Observatory west of...
