The Kansas Outback

      The Red Hills is a very diverse country of about two million acres in west, south-central Kansas and extending a short portion into Ok...

     The Texas Horned Lizard, known humorously as the Horny Toad, is not a toad but a lizard. Nor is it a frog as is characterized by the T...

      Through the past few years, the Red Hills as well as much of the region, have suffered through drought. Drought still had a persist...

      In a post back in late January, I lamented the continuing drought, stating that rain will come again. Well, it did. By late spring the...

     I recently accompanied a team of scientists into the dark crevices of the Red Hills as part of monitoring efforts for white-nose sy...

      In the midst of a brown, drought stricken, winter Red Hills, here's some reminders of eventual rains and rebirth. And it will ra...

     There are many interesting people, places, and things in the Kansas Outback and one posting cannot come close to capturing them all. So...