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Ball Moss at the San Antonio Zoo

A ball of stringy moss in a water fountain
December 15, 2022 Fun FactExperiential EducationFun FactNature-Based EducationPlantsZoo

In our conversation this week, Eileen Garcia-Sanchez told me all about how her preschoolers find ball moss on the oak trees. It seems dead – grey and crispy – like so much vegetation after days of scorching Texas sun. But this plant has a surprise … If you give the dried-out balls a little water, they spring back to...

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Coyote or Fox? P.S. It's Super Gross.

A coyote standing on a fallen log.
December 8, 2022 Approach Fun FactClaire DobieFun FactMammalsNature-Based EducationObservationOutdoor EducationTracking

Fox tracks and coyote tracks are really hard to tell apart – especially in the snow! For our Fun Fact in this week’s podcast, naturalist Claire Dobie described how she helps kids determine the difference. Want to find out yourself? Well, I won’t leak the secret here, but ur-ine luck! Make a pee-line – I mean, a...

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