Many scientists have predicted that as the climate warms, red oak trees will gain a significant amount of suitable habitat in the Northeast and perhaps become a dominant species in northern New…

I turn off my saw and set it down on the dry duff. My heart is pounding, my shirt soaked in sweat. Around me what was once a placid forest, gently changing on the steep hillside, has been transformed…

The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a favorite among birdwatchers in backyards and gardens, where these tiny, brightly colored birds whir from flower to flower and visit feeders…

There’s a fantastic song by folk singer Colm Gallagher called “Reel in the Flickering Light” about a daddy long legs who, after first making inquiries about the singer’s…

Researchers studying mercury gas in the atmosphere have concluded that trees and plants absorb a vast amount of the toxic element in the same way that plants absorb carbon dioxide. Rainfall is…

What do the following items have in common: the Declaration of Independence, Da Vinci’s notebooks, Bach’s musical scores, Rembrandt’s drawings, Shakespeare’s plays, and the…

This Week in the Woods, our apple orchard photography project continues to yield fun results. In last week’s post, we shared an image of a gray fox. This week, it’s an eastern…

Balancing immense scale with cozy intimacy, Oscar Oiwa’s installation invites us into an imagined world of forest pathways, stone walls, and churning skies. The colossal piece is a gorgeous…

Ninety years ago, my grandparents bought a swaybacked farmhouse and 20 acres of land in Orleans County, Vermont. Cedarhurst Farm, as it was known then, sat atop a sloping meadow along the shore of…

A friend recently showed up at my workshop complaining that his chainsaw was “bogging” and wouldn’t run at full throttle. He assumed the issue was related to fuel delivery and asked…

Your October photos included late season arthropods and fungi, and a number of landscape scenes featuring water, mountains, and fall foliage. Susan Margolis dazzled with a macro shot of a beetle, Bill…

With the risk of tick-borne diseases increasing in northern New England, scientists at the University of Maine launched a citizen science project in nine southern and coastal counties in 2020 to…

Chris Crowe grew up in Littleton, New Hampshire, just across the street from where he lives now. As a boy, he spent every moment he could tagging along with his father, Luther, who owned LR Crowe…

This chunk of bark, which stood out against a backdrop of fallen brown leaves, seems to be a missing piece of a puzzle. What happened here?

As we stroll down a forest trail, we pass trees of all types and sizes, with red and orange and brown leaves strewn below, a riot of ferns fading to yellow, and intermittent moss-covered rocks.…

This Week in the Woods, a nighttime camera trap at the edge of an apple orchard revealed the presence of a deer, porcupine, and this handsome gray fox. As noted in this Outside Story essay by Meghan…

This Week in the Woods, we encountered a mass of white fluff on an alder that wiggled a bit when we passed our hands over it. This was a clump of woolly alder aphids – tiny insects dressed in…