Tag: ohio

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June 16, 2014

Primitive Dragonfly Awes Group!

Written by Curator Emeritus Bob Glotzhober On May 31st, I had the privilege of leading a tour at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve near Urbana for a group from the Cincinnati Wildflower Preservation Society. As we were walking through a section of the swamp woods, I was discussing the impact of the exotic invader, the Emerald […]
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June 2, 2014

That’s one HUGE rodent!

We had two international researchers make a special trip to Columbus this week just to examine specimens in the natural history collections! OK, they're from Canada, but that's still international right!? Anyway, we were pleased to welcome Tessa Plint and Dr. Fred Longstaffe of the Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science at the University of Western […]
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May 27, 2014

Great Summer with Dragonflies Galore!
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April 7, 2014

Perfect timing at Fort Hill
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March 13, 2014

Might Spring Suddenly Explode?

Written by Curator Emeritus Bob Glotzhober The Minnesota author and naturalist/philosopher, Sigurd Olsen, wrote (paraphrased here as close as I can remember) "one can only truly appreciate spring after one has experienced a northern Minnesota winter." Ohio (and much of the US) has come close to that this winter so perhaps we'll really, really appreciate […]
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February 19, 2014

Bob Glotzhober receives the “Naturalist” award!
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February 11, 2014

Running in circles!
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February 10, 2014

OSU’s Museum of Biodiversity crawling with life!
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January 28, 2014

Drifting along with those tumbling, tumbling, tumble SNOW BALLS!

Written by Curator Emeritus Bob Glotzhober Since our natural history department is a collections-based operation, we don't very often deal with weather phenomenon. Today I ran into a weather event that defies any long-term collections, other than through photographs. But it is so unusual here in central Ohio and so interesting that we just had […]
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January 13, 2014

Grandma Gatewood

One of the most iconic figures in the world of hiking, not to mention a national symbol for overcoming adversity, is the amazing Emma "Grandma" Gatewood. From Gallipolis, Ohio she was the first woman to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. She hiked the entire 2,168 miles of the trail in 1955, and […]