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,…

Tyler Everett is a PhD candidate in forestry at University of Maine, specializing in emerald ash borer and its impact on Tribal ash resources, and a citizen of Mi’kmaq Nation. He works as a…

This week in the woods, a palm warbler gave its telltale tail wag during a pit stop on its way south. Despite its tropical name, this bird breeds in the coniferous boreal expanse to our north, and the…

By mid-October, many birds have migrated south, but some lucky birders may still be able to spot an American coot, an uncommon bird in New Hampshire and Vermont. American coots can be found swimming…

Our readers shared plenty of autumn color in our September gallery. In Weare, New Hampshire, Karinne Heise photographed a perfect fall day. In Franklin, Vermont, Marie Rainville spotted a black…

In autumn, the quilt of color covering the northern woodlands attracts people from around the world. As a retired naturalist, I have found that observing falling leaves brings more depth to enjoying…

This week in the woods, the days after rain yielded many forms of slime mold fruiting on decaying logs, including this insect egg slime mold. This species appears on every continent but Antarctica and…

Mayra Rodríguez González is an urban and community forestry educator at University of Connecticut Extension. Mayra helps communities create natural resource management plans and provides…

We found this plant with orange fruits on a walk in the woods. What is it?

During the long spring and summer of 2020, when it seemed everyone else had discovered the White Mountains, I found a trove of town forests and conserved properties within an hour’s drive of my…

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…