There may be no more exciting and gut-wrenching time of life than the birth of a child. Consider the preparation, the planning, and the sleepless nights that any expectant parent might go through as..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Did you know there’s a wildlife safari right outside your window? I watched it the other day, marveling at how much I must miss just by not looking. I had opened my window to let in some of that..
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Topics: Curious Nature
While driving on the highways that wind their way through the mountains, you may have noticed that the hills on the right side of the car often look very different than the hills out your left-side..
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Topics: Curious Nature
It is getting to the point in the ski season where the vert is beginning to stack up and the sun is rendering our favorite slopes virtually bulletproof. What this means, is that it’s time to take a..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Snowshoe
“Romantic” and “affectionate” are not typically terms used to describe ravens, which are often associated with mystery and death. However, as we learn more about the lives of these intelligent birds,..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Birding
The temperature is a perfect 75 degrees, with cloudless skies, a calm breeze moving through the branches above you, and an open trail ahead. Friends sit around a campfire with the Milky Way spanning..
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Topics: Curious Nature
What’s that rabbit running from?! It’s not a bobcat or a hawk; the rabbit is running from the tiny but fierce weasel, one of Colorado’s smallest mammalian predators. At one-third the size of a..
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Topics: Curious Nature
When I was in college, there was a large dry erase calendar on the wall in the biology department hallway. Students, faculty, and staff used the board to record their observations of the natural..
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Topics: Curious Nature
The blue spruce is the official state tree of Colorado and an important streamside species. Their roots stabilize soil, preventing erosion. Their cones provide food for squirrels and nuthatches...
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Topics: Curious Nature
It’s a new year in so many ways as we face this brave new world. And what the New Year brings, in some ways, is up to us. Where will we focus our energy? How will we spend our time? The answers to..
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Topics: Curious Nature
At the base of Vail Mountain, the villages are filled with twinkling lights, colorful decorations, warm fireplaces, and happy families; there’s no question that the holidays are fast approaching...
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Topics: Curious Nature
The coming of the winter solstice means that this Wednesday will be the shortest day of the year for those of us in the northern hemisphere. But the shortest day also means the longest night, and..
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Topics: Curious Nature
