This week in the woods, a number of plants showed their floral faces through the curtains of other leafy wetland growth. Three long twisted “flags” (a sepal up top and petals to the side)…

John is a Business Affairs Attorney in the New York-based Publications Department of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the talent and literary agency. He negotiates directly with publishers in their…

Dear Friends, From 5 PM Tuesday, June 10, to 5 PM Wednesday, June 11, we’re joining hundreds of nonprofits across the state for NH Gives — a 24-hour online giving event celebrating the…

On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia). Bending down for a sniff of the white and pink blooms, I am face to face with…

This week in the woods, we found this yellow-headed looper moth hiding its titular head beneath a fold in a leaf. This moth also goes by the common names pitch pine looper and eastern pine looper,…

Lee Kantar is the moose biologist for Maine and has been with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife since 2005. In 2019, Lee was award with the Distinguished Moose Biologist Award at the…

These white arches can be found on the forest floor, emerging from the soil and reentering just a couple inches away. What are they?

There is nothing like the royal blue of an indigo bunting. In the Northeast, they arrive fashionably late to the spring fling, behind the vanguard of migrating warblers and other songbirds. On my…

One of the common setups in science fiction is that of an extraterrestrial life-form laying eggs in people who serve as involuntary hosts. Eventually, alien babies burst forth to continue the…

The New England – Acadian Forest ecoregion covers most of Maritime Canada, a slice of eastern Quebec, northern New England, and the Adirondack Mountains. Each conifer species in this region has…

Exacerbated by climate change, extreme city heat is an increasingly common concern. Thankfully, trees can help. For decades, city managers have turned to oak, maple, linden, and other species to…

One of the core goals of ecologists is identifying how species interact. Does species A, for instance, have a positive, negative, or neutral impact on species B? Elucidating such relationships is key…

Brent Haglund came to macrophotography almost by accident. When he purchased his first digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, it was to capture images of his newborn son. Spending time on the floor…

The Bauhaus (1919–1933) was a German art school founded on the principal of the unification of art, design, and technology. The school had three primary goals: to combine art and design into a…

During my first lecture in front of a large room of students, a small spider put me – and my 220 students – at ease. As I flicked on the overhead projector, I spotted a ¼-inch…

Owning multiple chainsaws is a bit of an insurance policy. If a saw breaks, or gets pinched, having a backup saw (or two!) can keep you cutting. Last winter, I visited a friend who was frustrated by…

We know that tree rings can reveal the age of a tree, but how do these rings form? And what else can they tell us about the life of a tree? In temperate forests, with distinct growing and dormant…

Dozens of people are involved in creating each issue of Northern Woodlands. These are a few of the contributors to the Summer 2025 magazine. {image2} Brent Haglund, who photographed “The…

Certain clusters of technology have earned a place in our cultural imagination. Detroit is Motor City. There’s Silicon Valley just south of San Francisco Bay, Research Triangle in North…

Every so often, we commission an artist for a wildlife illustration for a Northern Woodlands sticker. We hand out these stickers at conferences and to office visitors, make them available in our…