by Mark Duggan | Jun 12, 2020
While you worried about the coronavirus, a familiar presence awoke from its winter slumber and went looking for dinner. Black bears in southwest Colorado have been active since April. They’re foraging for food and sometimes finding it in trash cans. With many people...
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 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...
