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Welcome to Explorapedia     Portal to the Exploration of the Colorado Plateau Dr. Gary D. Alpert retired from Harvard in 2012 and joined the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) in 2015. Explorapedia.org was established by Gary while at the MNA and continues to this day. In 2020 Gary moved on to Northern Arizona University (NAU). In addition to being a Professor at Northern Arizona University, Gary is also a Research Associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard. Gary D. Alpert, Ph.D. Research Affiliate Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes Northern Arizona University Department of Biological Sciences 617 S. Beaver Street Room 444 Building 21 (Imaging Facility) Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5640 San Francisco Peaks - 12,633 ft (3851 meters) Flagstaff is science rich, being the home of the Lowell Observatory, NAU Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, Southwest Biological Science Center (US Department of the Interior), Springs Stewardship Institute, Musem of Northern Arizona (MNA), USGS Flagstaff Science Campus, Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, and other scientifically oriented organizations. Taking advantage of these organizations as well as many retired (and not so retired) scientists, Explorapedia emphasizes Scientific literacy through Citizen science in multiple fields including anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, climatology, dendrochronology, earth Science, ecology, entomology, ethnology, geography, geology, history, mathematics, meteorology, myrmecology, ornithology, paleontology, physics, psychology, and zoology. Antwiki provides a wealth of information on the world's ants. AntWiki.org Downy Woodpecker Activities Photo © 2015 By RDM Archaeology Photo © 2015 By RDM Art in Science Photo © 2019 By Jeff Pickens Astronomy Photo © 2015 By RDM Botany Photo © 2015 By RDM Climate and Meteorology Photo © 2015 By RDM Colorado Plateau Photo © 2018 By Tanner Carothers Entomology Photo © 2019 By RDM Geology Photo © 2019 By Tom Cheknis Ornithology Photo © 2017 By Kelly Woodruff Outreach Photo © 2017 By RDM Paleontology Photo © 2017 By RDM People Photo © 2019 By RDM Zoology About this website . . . This is a fairly normal website but one with multiple personalities depending upon the situation and the need of the user. We use Wikipedia as a primary source and framework, but as we add text and images of our own, we will expand on that framework, allowing the site usability to evolve. As the pandemic continues until fading, patience will be a virtue. Use masks, keep social distancing, wash your hands frequently and stay well! Iterations of this website will also be loaded periodically onto our laptops that we take into the field. Portions of the time that we spend in the wild, we may not have access to the Internet, so as much information as possible will still be there for us. The website will also serve as a study site in addition to all the other uses that websites provide. Eventually we will set up a page for sending comments and/or email to the webmaster, and many thanks for your patience while this new (since early in 2019) site evolves. . . . The webmaster      "Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible."  .....  Richard Feynman                 Art and Artists     |||     Articles     |||     Bibliography     |||     Biographies     |||     Classes     |||     Projects                 Coordinated Universal Time         |||         National Weather Service                 Home   |||   Events   |||   Science   |||   Photos   |||   Directory           Museum of Northern Arizona           NWS Webcam