Dr Lisa Beers: Mysteries of the Desert Wildlife

The desert is home to bugs, birds and a whole lifecycle of animals from bunnies to foxes, from lions to wild horses to - most dangerous of all - COWS! Hear about the hidden lives of all that’s alive around Black Rock City.Stuart talks with biologist Dr Lisa Beers aka Sciprus. When she’s not teaching in remote villages on the other side of the planet, she’s Burning Man’s land fellow studying the Fly Hot Springs territory. In the face of mystery, she has surprising answers, or at least more questions, and aren’t questions as good as answers? Aren’t they?How do butterflies know to ride the jet stream from Canada to Mexico and back? What does Fairy Shrimp scampi have to do with sea monkeys? How do feral Burners adapt from arid & dusty to moist & muddy?journal.burningman.org/author/scirpusBurning Man Live: Ep 25: Scirpus and the Majestic Fly RanchThe Black Rock Desert of Nevada (wikipedia)