Join us for our annual holiday open house at the Northern Woodlands headquarters in Lyme, New Hampshire. Warm up with a hot drink, say hello, and browse our shelves of Northeast-inspired books,…

When my cat greets me with a headbutt, I affectionately return the gesture. To me, it’s a sign of love and affection, but to my cat, it is much more. Rubbing me with the scent glands on her…

This week in the woods, some late-blooming flowers may still surprise us, even as the daylight hours shorten. Easy to miss but worth taking a close look at, north wind bog orchid flowers through…

Dave Houston is a forester and pathologist who worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 36 years. With a master’s degree from Yale School of Forestry and a PhD from University of Wisconsin, Dave…

In addition to its normal prickles, this blackberry has an extra spiky growth. What is this?

For all the adventures I’ve had in New Hampshire, I’ve spent few of them looking at the ground. The plants I pay the most attention to are closest to eye level, such as the gorgeous…

A stunning moth visits my deck in late summer. At an inch long, it doesn’t have the stature of a luna or cecropia moth, but the brilliant gradient of vermilion to gold across its wings and body,…

This week in the woods, a boxelder bug ambled among the leaf litter below its namesake host tree. This true bug (order Hemiptera) infests its host tree, other maple species, and ashes and feeds on…

Reader Don Hebert found these holes on the ground in the lean-to attached to his barn in Somersworth, New Hampshire. What creature made these holes?

Kayla White is the stewardship director at Adirondack Mountain Club (also known as ADK). She graduated from University of Buffalo with a degree in philosophy in 2010 and found her way to the…

August’s photos captured summer at its peak, with an abundance of plant crops, young wildlife, and insects. A blueberry bonanza in South Trescott, Maine, was submitted by Nate Rosebrooks. Brett…

Among the most widely cultivated and recognizable plants growing in gardens this time of year are sunflowers, members of the genus Helianthus. The showiest species and hybrid varieties within this…

Join Northern Woodlands in our Pollinator Garden for a gathering of friends and neighbors as we celebrate the successes, surprises, and lessons of this year’s growing season. Our garden features…

As the only national park in New England, Acadia is known for its rocky coastline, carriage roads, and the view from Cadillac Mountain, where visitors gather nearly every morning to watch the sun rise…

Building a wildlife viewing blind from natural materials will allow you to blend in to your surroundings and get closer to wildlife for hunting, photography, or simply to have a more immersive outdoor…

While shopping for her first home, my niece phoned me concerned about large numbers of insects she encountered at an open house. Because it was early autumn, I asked, “Were they black with red…

Slime molds are enigmatic organisms best observed up close, making them an ideal subject for macro photographer Brent Haglund. Along with protozoa and alga, slime molds are within the kingdom…

The days of September and October were brilliant, with sunshine descending through a dappled canopy. The tulip poplars turned yellow first. Then the sugar and red maples paraded their flamboyant…

Trees’ ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air and sequester it for decades make them a key nature-based solution to mitigating climate change. And with the localized cooling they provide…

During autumn, hillsides in the Northeast transform from a summer green to a patchwork of color. Sugar maple turns orange, paper birch glows lemon yellow, and serviceberry deepens to crimson. Yet…