The traditional springtime harvest of fiddleheads – the furled fronds of the ostrich fern – may be in jeopardy in areas where too many are plucked from the same plants in a season.…

My work as a field ecologist has taken me to some rugged and remote places. I’ve kayaked lakes and rivers, trekked through hot, mosquito-infested wetlands, and spent entire seasons above tree…

A cloud of reddish dust rose behind our car as we drove down a series of dirt U.S. Forest Service roads southeast of Williams, Arizona. It was September 2019, and we were headed for a hike at Sycamore…

Miterwort (Mitella diphylla), also called bishop’s cap, is named for the resemblance of its two-peaked fruits to the hats (known as miters) worn by bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. This…

Depictions of the natural world have existed since prehistoric time. Whether created to record the cyclical rhythm of the year, to express religious devotion, or to document scientific inquiry, the…

A twisting tunnel chewed through dead grass, a line of bounding paw prints in mud, a translucent snakeskin on a sunny rock. Those creatures that have passed this way before me stitch their stories on…

Each spring, as melting snow liberates the forest floor, I seek out wildflowers. I flip through Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, counting petals and leaves to tell hepaticas apart and to sort…

For the past several years, we’ve included a multiple choice quiz as part of our nonprofit’s autumn fundraising appeal, posing questions that are based on recent articles in Northern…

Scientists are tracking a newly identified disease that kills American beech trees, and it is now spreading in southern New England and moving north. A microscopic worm called a nematode that feeds…

When Chris Rimmer learned that mercury deposition from the atmosphere was two- to five-times greater at high elevations than at surrounding low elevations, it inspired him to examine whether mercury…

The Impact of an Extreme Rain Event on a Headwater Stream in Maine’s Western Mountains In “At Chapman Brook” (Spring 2021), author Catherine Schmitt describes the important…

Maine Audubon’s Forestry for Maine Birds program is designed to give landowners, foresters, and loggers tools to enhance, create, or conserve current and future bird habitat. You can find lots…

Taking a watershed-level approach to forest management – also called “ecological forestry” – can sustain and restore the essential interconnections and functions of a healthy…

This Week in the Woods, we found this chipmunk peeking out of its winter burrow. There were no dignitaries in top hats to greet him, but the chippie did seem to inspect his shadow before disappearing…

Being a wild bird rehabilitator requires something akin to parenting skills, combined with the grit of an emergency room doctor. The injuries and illnesses encountered are varied, as are the species…

Most of the popular discussion about the changing climate focuses on summer conditions including the increased potential for drought and extreme heat, yet winter conditions are changing most rapidly…

Learning From Dawnland Voices Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Abenaki, Nipmuc, Wampanoag, Narragansett, Mohegan, Schaghticoke. These names represent Indigenous people living in New…

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what fun what fun what a fun time of year mossy boulder in the sun icicle dripping baby cows frolicking about green meadows as high snows collapse into the whitewater that flows to yellow flowers…

“I found this ovenbird in Allegany State Park, New York. It was springtime, and he was singing lustily at the edge of the woods. His desire to claim his territory outweighed any fear he had of…