Tag: Science
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Inside an ancient place of intrigue east of Colorado Springs
Along a new, rough road stretching past a gate and through the plains of Colorado Springs’ east side, Mike Bowman drives his truck to a pull-off and greets two curious visitors. Bowman is a city park ranger, and the two guests are here for his tour. The tour, part of a regular series this summer,…
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‘Nothing short of magical’: Dinosaur fossil discovered deep below Colorado museum
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The untrained eye might have seen nothing out of the ordinary — a jumbled rock in the shape of a fist, not the vertebra of an ancient beast. Fortunately, this dinosaur fossil in Denver was found at a workplace of well-trained eyes. As Denver Museum…
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The plight of Colorado’s ‘ghost of the alpine’: An uncertain future is ahead for this elusive bird
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the summer of 2006, Amy Seglund recently had moved to Colorado to work as a wildlife biologist when she heard a sound she’ll never forget. The sun had not yet risen over the San Juan Mountains when Seglund awoke in her tent. It was…
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Interest picks up for guided hikes at rare lands near Colorado Springs
Despite the heat that lays thick on the unshaded prairie and rock east of Colorado Springs, and despite the gate that keeps the 700-plus acres closed to the general public, people continue to seek Corral Bluffs Open Space. “The first hike of June, I actually had to spread out over two weekends, because I ended…
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Colorado College students break sound barrier — with a ping-pong ball
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a classroom at Colorado College’s Barnes Science Center on Thursday, several CC students and a small group of observers from the National Society of Professional Engineers watched as the air pressure built inside a…
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‘A 36 million-year-old mystery solved’: Gem reveals secret to Castle Rock’s formation
One spring day last year, Mark Longman was hiking around Castlewood Canyon State Park with questions that mounted with every boulder and rock wall he passed. A career geologist and longtime Denver resident, Longman knew it to be conglomerate rock populating the park near Franktown. He knew the rock at Castlewood to be the same,…
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Caves, hot springs added to Colorado’s list of national natural landmarks
Unusual parts of Colorado’s landscape have joined rare ranks. The U.S Department of Interior has named Glenwood Caverns and Iron Mountain Hot Springs as a combined national natural landmark. The National Park Service currently lists 14 in Colorado, including Hanging Lake also near Glenwood Springs, Garden of the Gods, Roxborough State Park and the Spanish…
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Deep human history the latest focus of research at Corral Bluffs east of Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More scientific knowledge is emerging from a land of curiosity east of Colorado Springs. Findings are still being researched and finalized from a first-of-its-kind archaeological study at Corral Bluffs Open Space, said Matt Mayberry, the city’s cultural services manager. But an initial report offers a…
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Glowing aspen? A Colorado student’s curious report
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July 25, 2019. A warm night in the woods of northern Colorado. This is where Jacob Bopp’s strange tale begins. From a near distance, “it was like the subtle headlights of a car,” he recalled. That could not be right, he thought. He got closer and later wrote of what he saw: “A soft, green…
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Chile pepper history has been rewritten by fossils found in Colorado
One afternoon in 2021, a postdoctoral researcher and undergraduate at the University of Colorado at Boulder walked into the campus museum not knowing they were about to change the history of the chile pepper. It was to be a simple introduction to the collections, recalled the researcher, Rocío Deanna. “I wanted to show him the…