This week in the woods, we saw what might be some of the year’s last blooms, poisonous plants, and a glut of caterpillars, all in Vershire, Vermont. A geranium species native to the Northeast…

The coming of autumn often makes trees harder to identify – but sometimes, it does the opposite. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a case in point. In summer, its bluish-green,…

Join us for a celebration of The Forest Revealed, a stunning new book by naturalist and writer Kateri Kosek and acclaimed illustrator Jada Fitch. This beautiful book invites readers of all ages…

This week in the woods, messes of flowers – American-asters, goldenrods, and more – give the last, late blooms of summer and feed bees, butterflies, and other insects still flying. With a…

Rosemary Mosco is a science communicator, cartoonist, and naturalist. She creates the Bird and Moon comic series, publishes cartoons in Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Living Bird magazine, and is…

While walking in the woods in Thetford, Vermont, Seasonal Notes columnist and former Northern Woodlands Executive Director Elise Tillinghast found this creature in a tangle of wild grape. What is this…

As autumn nears, I find myself returning to botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer’s line in Gathering Moss where she describes ecological succession as “a tale of the interwoven fates of mosses,…

This week in the woods, we try to follow the chaotic, speedy flights of sulphur butterflies over fields and along woodland edges. Difficult to chase down, highly variable, and often nearly…

The staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is a ubiquitous shrub of human-impacted northeastern habitats. Sumac stands occur along most highways and county roads, as well as in disturbed areas and abandoned…

Discover how thoughtful stewardship can transform a working forest into a thriving, wildlife-friendly ecosystem. Consulting forester Donn Downey will lead a walking tour of his Thetford, Vermont,…

This week in the woods, a paw print, claw marks, and scat all come from black bears, which enter a period of increased feeding activity called hyperphagia in the fall. We are most likely to see them…

Paul Pouliot is the Sag8mo, or the principal male speaker, for the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People, headquartered in Alton, New Hampshire. His wife and research partner Denise Pouliot is…

This lipstick-looking form was found in Errol, New Hampshire. What is it?

Our August Reader Photo Gallery brims with the vibrancy of late summer, while offering the first glimpses of the season ahead. In Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Karen Dapp’s photo of…

When I imagine scientists discovering new animals, I picture them traveling to far-off jungles or remote mountaintops – not investigating local roadsides, utility cuts, or other edge spaces of…

This week in the woods, along the edge of a protected forest in West Fairlee, Vermont, thin-leaved sunflowers continued their long, radiant bloom. While also known as the ten-petal sunflower and…

A yellowthroat warbler sang, “witchety, witchety, witch,” as I carefully made my way through the tangle of an alder swamp one afternoon not long ago. I looked about, hoping to catch a…

The 450-acre Hall Tavern Farm sits along the bank of the Deerfield River in Franklin County, Massachusetts. Jay Healy, whose family has owned the property since the early 1900s, has managed the farm…

During early and mid-autumn, eastern chipmunks are busy gathering nuts, seeds, and fungi to store for winter. Their cheek pouches can stretch to hold as much as 70 sunflower seeds, 32 beechnuts, or 6…

“A personal connection with the environment is at the heart of my work, which is first and foremost a celebration of the natural world.” – Ava Roth Ava Roth is a Toronto-based…