If you are out walking on an early winter morning, you might be lucky enough to see some of nature’s most beautiful and ephemeral sights: hair ice and frost flowers, both snow-white and delicate…

This Week in the Woods, those of us who celebrate Christmas did so amid weather that seemed appropriate for 2020 -  i.e., a heavy rain that washed away the snow. The rain left in its wake roaring…

In your second November gallery, Megan O’Toole found a wood frog hunkered down in the leaf litter, Dahlia the Corgi posed in a bright red field of blueberries, and Jack Nelson discovered a brave…

Ducky dance moves? We came across this mallard twisting himself into some strange – and impressive – positions. What on earth is this duck doing?

Polly Mahoney is a registered Master Maine Guide and the co-founder – with partner Kevin Slater – of Mahoosuc Guide Service, based in Newry, Maine. Since 1990, the pair has been leading…

As winter settles in, people watching their birdfeeders hope to catch a glimpse of something out of the ordinary – perhaps a visitor from the Far North. Nothing satisfies this desire like the…

This Week in the Woods deep snow blanketed the region, and birds flocked to feeders. For mice, voles, and other small creatures, the snow brought protection from the cold, and cover from predators.…

Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live The New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF), the Franklin Land Trust’s Massachusetts Woodlands Institute (MWI), and Northern Woodlands hosted the Local Wood:…

One night just before Christmas last year, my youngest daughter and I opted to walk the short distance home from dinner at my parents’ house, rather than drive with the rest of the family. Our…

This Week in the Woods, we’ve been seeking out bright colors wherever we can find them, including on the edge of marshes, where winterberry often grows. The red fruits of this wild holly (more…

Yet again, we received many gallery submissions, so we’re sharing selections in two batches. In this first gallery, Steve Eustis admired the final logs from a harvest, Matt DeLuca…

We found this holey orb-like structure on a dried stalk near the edge of the woods. What happened here?

Fourteen-year-old Coen Mullins has loved spending time outside for as long as he can remember. His parents had him on skis when he was a toddler, sliding around their yard in Morrisville, Vermont. A…

As winter approaches and snow coats the ground, the tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) will again become a ubiquitous backyard visitor. Familiar to even the most casual observers of nature, titmice…

This Week in the Woods, we stumbled upon a patch of creeping snowberry. This ground plant’s tiny leaves (each about the size of raindrop) have white hairs widely spaced along the edges. Creeping…

By late fall of 2017, I was suffering from slingshot finger. It was caused by routinely firing off an 8-foot version of the weapon traditionally wielded by fiendish little kids. I’d spent much…

A magnificent 92-mile-long ribbon of interconnected lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams flowing through the heart of Maine’s vast northern forest, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) features…

AFTER THE STORM After the storm they venture out, she and the big black dog who breaks trail with broad chest cresting through virgin white. He pauses with lolling tongue and steaming breath to plunge…

Frozen Time: “A drop of water hanging from this twig was twisted by the winds blowing through the forest in Manchester Center, Vermont, as the temperature rapidly dropped, forming an unusually…

Take a walk through the wooded mountains of North Central Pennsylvania and you may catch a glimpse of a magnificent animal, previously extirpated in the state. Throughout a 3,500-square-mile area,…