Of rain and redolence: Sept. 14 talk by Gary Nabhan is a journey into the desert 'osmocosm'

09/07/23 • 4 min

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Our region's vistas are iconic, but its desert scent — especially after a rain — is just as distinctive. Renowned writer Gary Nabhan will speak on the fragrances of the Chihuahua desert at Marfa's Crowley theater.

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A new book brings Big Bend's ancient animals to life

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Big Bend National Park has a singular fossil record, spanning 130 million years. In "Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals of Big Bend,” that epic story is told, bringing vanished creatures, and vanished worlds, to life.

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Dive into deep time: discovering the vanished creatures of Big Bend's ancient sea

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West Texas today is high and dry. But long ago it was beneath a shallow sea. In "Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals of Big Bend," the book's authors guide readers into the region's singular fossil record — including the teeming life of this ancient ocean.