Two By Tuesday

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Two By Tuesday Articles

  • July 16, 2024

    This week’s kind is found only in South America and southern Central America.

  • July 9, 2024

    This week’s kind is world-ranging, with only Australia and South America lacking at least a few members.

  • June 25, 2024

    This week, we head to Southeast Asia looking for a small frog genus. Several species of this kind are endangered or threatened.

  • May 7, 2024

    It’s been a few weeks as the Inspector has been tied up on other cases. However, this week we head to Australia looking for a unique group of geckos.

  • April 9, 2024

    This week, we leave the US and move to South Africa, looking for a group of tiny toads.

  • March 26, 2024

    This week, we continue with the bird theme, but there are no more yodels and no more swimming (unless you count the odd birdbath).

  • March 19, 2024

    This week, we go from cold-blooded to warm-blooded as we go searching for one of the craziest-sounding birds in the world.

  • March 12, 2024

    This week, we come back to the western edge of North America looking for even smaller quarry: salamanders. Fortunately, they are colorful, so they should be relatively easy to find.

  • Feb. 27, 2024

    This week, we go south into Australasia and look for a group of small birds.

  • Feb. 13, 2024

    Very little information is available about this kind, which has just one species in it.

  • Feb. 6, 2024

    Most members of this kind are active during the day, with some adapting their activity to rest during the hottest hours of the day.

  • Jan. 30, 2024

    This week we’ll stay in Australia and look on tree trunks for a kind of insectivorous bird.

  • Jan. 9, 2024

    This week, we move from marsupials to placental mammals, but they are still best known for their hopping.

  • Dec. 12, 2023

    This week, we leave South America behind and move to the outback of Australia, looking for a small kind of hopping marsupial.

  • Dec. 5, 2023

    This week we head to the jungles of northern South America looking for a very colorful snake.

  • Nov. 14, 2023

    This week, we meet a small group of mammals mostly from the Old World.

  • Nov. 7, 2023

    This week, we move into South America to look for a large group of colorful birds.

  • Oct. 31, 2023

    This week, we move into Africa to look for a small family of songbirds.

  • Oct. 24, 2023

    This week we head south to the Australia region to meet a small family of climbing birds.

  • Oct. 10, 2023

    We are doing something a little different this week. I’d like you to meet an unexpected guest visiting with us at the Creation Museum . . . and help me give it a name!

  • Oct. 4, 2023

    This week’s kind is found only in New Zealand and is highly endangered.

  • Sept. 19, 2023

    This kind is known only from the African woodlands and rainforests, and little has been written about them.

  • Sept. 12, 2023

    This week, we meet a small group of ground-dwelling birds.

  • Aug. 29, 2023

    This week, we go from birds to lizards, but the colors are still there, along with some wild behaviors.

  • June 15, 2023

    This week, we will answer multiple questions with a mostly mammalian theme.

  • June 13, 2023

    This week’s bird kind is found in Central America and South America. It is notoriously colorful with a large, bulky bill.

  • April 25, 2023

    This reptilian kind lives in burrows underground, rarely seeing the light of day.

  • April 20, 2023

    This week we will be answering multiple questions on a variety of topics.

  • March 28, 2023

    Unlike the last few weeks, this week’s kind is not specific to one area. It is found worldwide, often around water sources, where it hunts insects.

  • March 23, 2023

    This week we will be answering multiple questions with an overall “ancient history” theme.

  • March 10, 2023

    This week, we will answer multiple questions, some with an “extinction” or “fossil” theme.

  • March 2, 2023

    This week, we will answer multiple questions with a “how?” theme.

  • Feb. 28, 2023

    This week, we move from the left coast to the whole of the Americas. Watch your step—if you stand on one of these mammals, you will regret it.

  • Feb. 21, 2023

    This week we’re moving from the jungles of the Amazon to the west coast of North America, looking for a colorful kind of newt.

  • Feb. 16, 2023

    This week we will be answering multiple questions with a warm-blooded animal theme.

  • Feb. 3, 2023

    This week, we will answer multiple questions with a large animal theme.

  • Jan. 31, 2023

    This week, we’re moving from the heat of the desert to the humidity of the tropics, looking for a colorful kind of bird.

  • Jan. 4, 2023

    This week we will be answering multiple questions with a variety of themes.

  • Jan. 3, 2023

    Some species of these little toads have special adaptations to make them suited to desert life.

  • Dec. 20, 2022

    This week we’re moving on to birds with feisty tempers and loud voices.

  • Dec. 13, 2022

    This week we’re still talking about mammals, but we’ve gone from massive to moderate. Some of these mammals are quite popular due to their playful personalities.

  • Dec. 6, 2022

    This week, we go from birds to mammals, and upsize body mass significantly. These mammals are some of the largest animals in the world.

  • Nov. 22, 2022

    This week, we go from lizards to birds and are no longer limited to Central and South America.

  • Nov. 17, 2022

    This week we will be answering multiple questions with an aftermath of the fall theme.

  • Nov. 14, 2022

    This week we move from mammals to reptiles and move south into Central and South America.

  • Nov. 10, 2022

    This week we will be answering multiple questions with an ancient history theme.

  • Nov. 8, 2022

    Almost anywhere in the world people live, there are members of this kind.

  • Nov. 1, 2022

    This week, we move from South America to Sub-Saharan Africa—but we’re still looking for frogs.

  • Oct. 25, 2022

    This week we move from birds to amphibians and from one side of the world to another.

  • Oct. 18, 2022

    This week we move from burrows to lakes and from Central America to Northern Australia and New Guinea.