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Many of us avoid close encounters of the eight-legged kind, but if you’ve ever come eye to eye with a spider, you’ve probably noticed they have...

Some people have life birds, species of birds they’ve waited their whole lives to see in the wild. I don’t have one of these, but I do have a life...

I grew up on a street lined with tall, stately elms. While walking to school one day, I found a bird’s nest that the wind had blown down. The nest...

As spring arrives, so do … bats? Like many other naturalists, I spend lots of time during this season looking for migrating salamanders and...

QUECHEE — Two barred owlets were among two of more than 50 birds that staff at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science have treated this month.“I...

I love that time in spring when the hills around my house change from gray and brown to shades of yellow, green and red. The trees have not yet...

One spring-like afternoon this winter, I was skiing near Middlebury, Vt. The trail followed Otter Creek, weaving through cedar patches, hemlock...

BOSTON — Humans can’t always recognize each other in face masks, so imagine the confusion that wild animals in captivity must feel.At the New...