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The Chihuahuan Desert Discovery

The Chihuahuan Desert Discovery is the news magazine of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute. Published twice a year, the Discovery contains news about the programs of the Institute, articles about the plants, animals, and geology of the Chihuahuan Desert region, and more! To receive your copy of Discovery, become a member today.

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A Discovery Sampler

2008

Big Bend Dung Beetles by Dave Edmunds

The Dalquest Research Site by Dr. Norman Horner

My Native Plant Fave Five

  1. Five Favorites from Big Bend National Park by Betty Alex
  2. Five Favorites from El Paso by Wynn Anderson
  3. Five Favorite Landscaping Plants by Beth Francell
  4. Five Favorite Perennials by Patty Manning
  5. Five Favorite Pollinator Plants by Cynthia McAlister
  6. Five Favorite Native Trees by Oscar Mestas
  7. Five Favorite Rare Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert by Jackie Poole
  8. Five Favorite Cacti by Mike Powell
  9. Five Favorite Native Plant Books by Jean Hardy

2007

Changing Seasons, Changing Pollinators by Cynthia McAlister

A Diamond in the Desert: The Story of the Diamond Y Spring

  1. Diamond Y Spring & Marshland: A Rare Desert Aquatic System and Refuge of Biodiversity by John Karges
  2. Cienega Mud Reveals the Ancient Past by Cathryn Hoyt
  3. Ancient Peoples of the Diamond Y Cienega by William A. Cloud
  4. New Hope for the Leon Sprigns Pupfish by Nathal Allan and Jennifer Gumm
  5. The Essential Diamond Y: A Bibliography

2006

Exotics and Invasives in the Chihuahuan Desert Region by Cathryn Hoyt with contributions from Bill Halvorson and Patty Guertin

South American Cactus Moth Threatens Important North American Resource by Joel Floyd and Dore Mobley

What’s the Buzz: Pollinators of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert

  1. Six Weeks in a Garden of Bees and Wasps by Cynthia McAlister
  2. Native Bees Could Fill Pollintor Hole Left by Honeybees by Robert Burns
  3. Building Nest Blocks for Bees
  4. What’s So Special About Davis Mountains Butterflies? by Ro Wauer
  5. Calligraphy Beetles by Kendall Craig

2005

Cave Swallows in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert: A 26-Year Journey by Steve West