Join us in our backyard for an evening of nocturnal nature observation with lepidopterist JoAnne Russo. Using UV lights and white sheets, JoAnne will attract moths and other nighttime visitors,…

In the dim light of a floodplain forest along a river, thick ropes of grapevine with shaggy bark hang from tree branches and the hairy stems of poison ivy wrap around tree trunks. These woody vines…

This week in the woods, a black bear sauntered through a blackberry patch. Bears’ wild summertime foods include the roots of jack-in-the-pulpit, berries and other fruit (such as chokecherries,…

Reader John Roberts found this creature under a wood pile in West Cornwall, Vermont. What is it?

Mike Scafini is the endangered mammal specialist for Pennsylvania Game Commission. Mike’s love for wildlife conservation has brought him to Delaware for diamondback terrapins, to Pennsylvania…

Near my home in Vermont, at the bottom of a hillside, there is a shelf just above a roadcut where the soil is moist from the groundwater seeping out of the hill. Back in April the first coiled…

Along the edge of a remote pond, among a spongy carpet of interlaced vegetation, an orchid of graceful and gossamer beauty rises. Its mass of exquisite white flowers, perched atop a slender stalk,…

This week in the woods, we count wild turkey poults as they forage with their mother. Wild turkey young leave the nest soon after hatching (often in late May or early June in our area) and fly after…

Summer is in full swing, and our readers captured the season’s abundance of plants, wildlife, and time spent outdoors. Turtle and fawn sightings were plentiful, including those submitted by…

Kathy Beland is a consulting forester and the Vermont Tree Farm program administrator at Vermont Woodlands Association. She owns and runs a forestry consulting business, Not Just Trees, Inc., with…

We found this ash seedling with scattered circular holes. What creature is doing this?

Most of our northeastern snakes draw their coloring from the palette of earthly tones, coming in browns, grays, and yellows. Some species have bright patterns that fade as the snake ages, and others…

By midsummer, the deck in our backyard is lined with a profusion of tall orange flowers. Each flower is shaped like a small funnel with a curved spur and hangs from a slender arched stem. Hummingbirds…

This week in the woods, in time for the Declaration of Independence’s semiquincentennial, we checked up on the United States’ national symbol. Sure enough, the pair of bald eagles whose…

Imagine you’re a fruit fly by the pond on a sunny day, whirring along in search of food or other flies. Suddenly, you’re scooped up, whisked to a perch, and efficiently devoured by a blue…

Reader Will Durkin found these blue eggs in a nest under hay-scented fern in mixed woods. Who do they belong to?

Our May reader photos dazzled with late spring blooms, fungi, and wildlife. Mike Collins photographed a fuzzy baby woodcock in Orange, Vermont; Joyce Layne sidestepped a large milk snake in the…

This week in the woods, the female painted turtle – the most common and perhaps most familiar turtle in our region, besides the snapping turtle – lumbers out from her aquatic home to some…

Now in our third year, this is our Pollinator Garden's leap year. If you've heard the native plant rule of thumb – sleep, creep, leap – you know what that means. During the first…

Raul “Rocci” Aguirre is the executive director of Adirondack Council, an advocacy organization dedicated to preserving the natural resources of Adirondack Park. He first started with the…