Nature Notes

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Why do rattlesnakes rattle and hummingbirds hum? How do flowers market themselves to pollinators? Why do tarantulas cross the road? Nature Notes investigates questions like these about the natural world of the Chihuahuan Desert region and the Llano Estacado. Through interviews with scientists and field recordings, this Marfa Public Radio original series reveals the secrets of desert life. Join host Dallas Baxter for new episodes on each week on Thursdays. Episodes are written and produced by Andrew Stuart and edited by Marfa Public Radio and the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Texas.Nature Notes is supported by Shield-Ayres Foundation.

Episode Date
Exploring the “Weird White World” of Parks Ranch Cave
May 14, 2026
In Planning a Mars Mission, Scientists Find an Analog in a Desert Cave
Apr 16, 2026
Wild Women for Good: April 25th Book Event Celebrates Texas Women in Conservation
Apr 09, 2026
Seeking Insight into Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands, the Southwest’s Defining Forests
Apr 02, 2026
Local Nonprofit Works to Celebrate & Sustain West Texas’s Rich Avian Diversity
Mar 26, 2026
In West Texas Pictographs, Archeologist Sees Roots of Today’s Kachina Tradition
Mar 20, 2026
Ask the Bones: Practicing “Taphonomy” in Big Bend
Mar 12, 2026
In the Pecos Canyonlands, Ancients Foragers Created a “Painted Landscape” Charged with Religious Meaning
Mar 05, 2026
Weather Underground: Studying “Speleometeorology” in Carlsbad Cavern
Feb 26, 2026
In the Pecos Canyonlands, Discovering the Daily Lives of Ancient Mural Makers
Feb 12, 2026
Dating La Junta: Filling in the Story of an Indigenous Borderlands Culture
Feb 05, 2026
Alongside Landowners, the Devils River Conservancy Fights to Save a Singular Place
Jan 29, 2026
Can We Keep It a Forest? Fire & the Future of the Chisos Mountains
Jan 22, 2026
An Archeologist Uses Pottery Fragments to Illumine Prehistoric Social Relations
Jan 15, 2026
Science, Art & Community Come Together at Alpine’s Wildlife Weekend
Jan 08, 2026
In the Pecos Canyonlands, Pictograph Dating Reveals 4,000 Years of Cultural Continuity
Dec 17, 2025
Hoo’s That? New Study Reveals the Owls of the Davis Mountains
Dec 11, 2025
For Grassland Birds, West Texas is an Essential Winter Sanctuary
Dec 04, 2025
Silent Spring to Snowbird Surge: How Rainfall Shapes Bird Life in West Texas
Nov 20, 2025
River Revelations: Archeologists Make Surprising Finds in Big Bend Ranch
Nov 13, 2025