A Chinese Mantis, Tenodera sinensis, basks on a rock in the warm sun after a successful hunt.
Wildlife around campus
January 14, 2026
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Frank Brost, Senior Reporter
Frank Brost is a junior at Manitou Springs High School. Brost takes part in golf and both bands along with his second year of being with the prospector. During Brost’s free time he likes to spend it either out in the wilderness or at home playing both board and video games cooking enjoy movies and shows build and painting miniatures and has recently just gotten into making bioactive fish tanks. Brost has a proficiency in writing opinion and review pieces as well as stories involving wildlife.
Isaac McCracken, Senior Reporter
Isaac McCracken is currently a junior at Manitou Springs High School. McCracken plays soccer, plays the cello in the advanced orchestra, draws and does various forms of art. In McCracken’s free time he plays video games, builds and plays Warhammer 40k and snowboards in the winter. McCracken loves journalism and he is very interested in pursuing a journalism career in the future. McCracken dislikes bacon, mayonnaise, every salad dressing and various sauces.