Last June my wife Marie and I encountered a mature wood turtle while walking through a forest near our home. We admired the intricate topography of...
One night just before Christmas last year, my youngest daughter and I opted to walk the short distance home from dinner at my parents’ house...
As winter approaches and snow coats the ground, the tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) will again become a ubiquitous backyard visitor. Familiar...
Rat-a-tat-tat. Showers of acorns hit the ground and tapped our heads as my husband and I hiked the Appalachian Trail. Thousands of acorns strewn...
Bent down in an apple field searching for a lost earring, I found a different treasure: a stout mouse-like animal, with a short tail and stubby...
Pine barrens are certainly piney — but they’re not the least bit barren. They were so named not because they lack life, but because colonists found...
A walk in the woods during fall is likely to reveal an array of forest fungi. Ranging from delicate, tan mini-umbrellas to fleshy, white softballs...
Recently I saw a beautiful orange butterfly speckled with black — a great spangled fritillary — feeding on orange hawkweed in a meadow. I observed...
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...
The honeybee is an introduced species in North America. It’s only been here about 400 years, brought by English colonists who found none...