This Week in the Woods, we found fuzzy brownish-orange things on oak leaves. Elf bedroom slippers? Star Trek tribbles? Turns out, they’re yet another example of weird looking growths that plants…

Some of my favorite children’s books describe life cycles as heroic tales of persistence and redemption. From The Ugly Duckling to The Very Hungry Caterpillar to A Seed is Sleeping, these…

This Week in the Woods, we’ve been noticing the circular holes and brown, ring-shaped feeding patches created by maple leafcutter moth larvae. This insect has a clever way to hide from birds and…

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Like many woods-wandering dogs, this Brittany spaniel regularly returns from romps with small balls sticking to her ears. What are they?

Crawling cecropia caterpillars! Your August photos – which we have, once again, divided into two galleries – featured a variety of insect life. In this first gallery, Jamie Pearson…

Connor Breton grew up in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and became enamored of the woods at a young age. He attended the University of New Hampshire, where he studied environmental science, then earned a…

When the Northeast Silviculture Institute for Foresters kicked off its tour of two-day workshops in May 2017, it had been nearly 15 years since I had any formal coursework in silviculture. I’d…

An interview with David Montague, president of the Downeast Lakes Land Trust The Downeast Lakes Land Trust was one of the first organizations in the Northeast to conserve land using carbon…

Winter has traditionally been a productive time of year for the forest products industry in the Northeast. Landowners schedule timber harvests in the winter season to take advantage of frozen grounds…

Chances are, you’ve already eaten cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) as a tart Thanksgiving condiment whose congealed sauce keeps the shape of its supermarket can. When I was young, I took this…

One summer day I lifted the black plastic top of our composter and jumped back, startled – a large snake was curled up on top of the compost. The yellow stripe down the center of its dark back…

This Week in the Woods, it feels like the tipping point between the summer and autumn – cool, foggy mornings, and so many acorns on the trails. Yellow jackets are becoming more noticeable. There…

Common green darners are among the largest dragonflies in the Northeast, and they are voracious predators, capturing large flying insects – including other dragonflies – while in flight.…

When the next major outbreak of spruce budworm strikes the forests of the Northeast, millions of acres of trees will be at risk. Nearly 100 million metric tons of stored carbon will also be at risk of…

Porcupines are quite common across the northern tier of the United States, but scientists at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have discovered a crippling fungal disease that is often…

Whose Mouth Do I Speak With? I can remember my father bringing home spruce gum. He worked in the woods and filled his pockets with golden chunks of pitch. For his children he provided this special…

Carbon Credits in Downeast Maine, Silence: A Journey of Discovery on the Cohos Trail by Willow Nilsen, Wild Turkeys of Suburbia by Todd McLeish, Dartmouth's Second College Grant by Ross Caron, A…

Northern Woodlands, a quarterly magazine, celebrates northeastern forests and the people who care for them. A fun read with a serious purpose, it’s published by the Center for Northern Woodlands…

In the Kingdom of October, early morning fog wraiths hang upon hardwood hillsides of burnt orange and smoldering gold. Overgrown apple orchards, each tree bent and hag twisted by the pitiless years,…