Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem

Roughly 1,000 volunteers armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are documenting as many species as possible along the US-Mexico border in May.

By: New York Post

May 20 2024
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JACUMÉ, México — Near the towering border wall flanked by a US Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp “chi-ca-go,” a sound the birds use to signal they are separated from a mate or group. Then silence. A quai... [7255 chars]