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…

One predator-prey interaction always leaves me torn. Birds sparked my love for the natural world years ago, but after my interest lapsed during adolescence, bees brought me back into the fold. So I…

My first sighting of a cecropia moth was from a boat. It was a sunny morning and I was paddling along the lakeshore, expecting to see familiar birds. Instead, my eye was drawn to a large brown spot…

We found this striking white flower in a peatland in central Vermont. What is the name of this plant and what purpose do the fringed petals serve?

This week in the woods, this male bobolink – the harlequin of the hayfield – gave its bubbly, android-like song from atop a red maple. The young tree growing where field and forest meet…

Doug Tallamy is an entomologist and conservationist who promotes biodiversity at a hyperlocal level through landscaping with native plants. He has taught entomology at University of Delaware for 45…

In the deepening twilight, the pines edging my backyard merge into a wall of shadow. I hold my breath, staring hard into the darkness. Will they come? No matter how many times I repeat this ritual,…

This issue features: Eastern Canines Sturgeon Returning Tending Trees Kestrel Boxes, and much more! Order a copy of this issue or visit Subscription Services to subscribe to our quarterly…

Crayfish fill my childhood memories. I spent summers playing in streams, flipping over rocks, and, if I was lucky, catching glimpses of these mysterious little creatures. Most crayfish are nocturnal…

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