The Ocotillo is a V-shaped woody shrub with cane like stems that rise upward from the base of the plant. It is widespread throughout the Southwestern US, and the Sonoran region of Mexico.
The Ocotillo shrub is a crucial supplier of food for hummingbirds during their migration north to the mountain regions of the western US from Mexico. The hummingbirds eat the nectar from the bright...
The toxigenic properties of Bacillus anthracis were not recognized until 1954. Prior to that time, because of the tremendous number of anthrax bacilli observed in the blood of animals dying of the...