Given an estimated around-the-globe average of 100,000 per cubic meter of soil, it seems astonishing that springtails (the tiny creatures often called “snowfleas”) are frequently…
The Outside Story
March 18th 2002
Why Does Sap Run?
Like Town Meeting, which coincides roughly with the season’s start, making maple syrup is a perfectly democratic activity. It attracts farmers and loggers, quarrymen and surgeons,…
March 17th 2002
Vermont & New Hampshire: There’s Something in the Soil
Everybody knows that New Hampshire and Vermont are different. But few know just how dissimilar the so-called twin states are – they’re different right down to the core. Cross the…
March 10th 2002
First on the Nest
For many, the greatest joy of spring is the return of migratory birds and the chance to observe—from a polite distance, of course—their busy rituals of courtship, nesting, and…