Featuring: Emery Allen. Comprising his famous hunt at the four corners; the doe who was followed by a buck; restraint in the name of future generations; his triumphal shot with a .243. Original…

A buck grows a new set of antlers every year. The antlers begin growing in mid-March or early April – as they grow they’re covered in velvet and sensitive to touch. In early autumn, rising…

A decaying log in central Vermont contained this strange landscape. What happened here?

Like students everywhere right now, Molly and Pearl Aeberhard of Kirby, Vermont, have transitioned from being in a classroom to learning at home. For the 10-year-old twins, remote learning has offered…

Anyone who has shared a home with a dog or a cat has learned something about the silent language of tails. Wild and domesticated animals may use tails for everything from communication to courtship,…

The spring ephemeral wildflower show continues. Red trillium (wakerobin) and round-leaved violets are just coming into bloom, while bloodroot is continuing (notice how it folds up its leaves and…

This Week in the Woods shares seasonal images from the woods, wetlands and fields of the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont. What are you seeing this week in the woods? Submit a special…

In this difficult period, many of us find joy in observing local nature, and many families are seeking outdoor enrichment opportunities for children. Here are nine photographs taken this past…

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 leafed out, so what’s painting the forests these…

Pat Liddle lives in Canaan, New York, in the foothills between the Hudson River and the Taconic Mountains. She formed a connection with the woods as a child and developed an interest in the natural…

What's black and bumpy, white and woolly, and appears on trees in spring? We found this odd combination of surfaces in Franconia, New Hampshire. Extra points if you can explain why they appear close…

One spring-like afternoon this winter, I was skiing near Middlebury, Vermont. The trail followed Otter Creek, weaving through cedar patches, hemlock groves, and past the occasional hardwood. It was…

Thump. Thud. Something was hitting our window! It was a bright red cardinal flying at his reflected image in the glass – which he perceived to be an intruder in his territory. The bird kept it…

While thinning his larch plantation, Ben Canonica found this horse hockey up in a tree. Proof of Pegasus, or is there an alternative explanation?

Fans of Animal Planet’s North Woods Law television series may recognize Lt. Heidi Murphy from the show, which follows New Hampshire Fish & Game conservation officers through various job…

Turtles and timberdoodles! Your March photos revealed a world waking up (or, in the case of one hard-boiling sugarhouse, firing up). In the southern parts of our reader area, the amphibians were…

Inonotus obliquus, more commonly known as the chaga mushroom, is parasitic to its birch host but purportedly provides a variety of benefits to humans. Chaga is rich in antioxidants, high in fiber, and…

April 5 – From the blinding white snow of the hayfield I look down on the wetland mosaic I call The Great Alder Carr. On my third straight day of coming here I see the first glimmerings of open…

For 87 years, the Bartlett Experimental Forest has been a proving ground for almost every forestry treatment ever plausibly proposed for managing northern hardwoods. Vetting and spreading the best of…

Scientists have been studying birds continuously at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest since 1969, compiling one of the most detailed studies of neotropical migratory birds in North America.…