Magazine Series

Slime molds are enigmatic organisms best observed up close, making them an ideal subject for macro photographer Brent Haglund. Along with protozoa and alga, slime molds are within the kingdom…

As the only national park in New England, Acadia is known for its rocky coastline, carriage roads, and the view from Cadillac Mountain, where visitors gather nearly every morning to watch the…

As we wound back home, I felt Dad’s preoccupation, however well he tried to hide it, like a yoke growing heavier on my 12-year-old shoulders. His steps had quickened as soon as the house…

Building a wildlife viewing blind from natural materials will allow you to blend in to your surroundings and get closer to wildlife for hunting, photography, or simply to have a more immersive…

While shopping for her first home, my niece phoned me concerned about large numbers of insects she encountered at an open house. Because it was early autumn, I asked, “Were they black…

The days of September and October were brilliant, with sunshine descending through a dappled canopy. The tulip poplars turned yellow first. Then the sugar and red maples paraded their…

Trees’ ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air and sequester it for decades make them a key nature-based solution to mitigating climate change. And with the localized cooling they…

During autumn, hillsides in the Northeast transform from a summer green to a patchwork of color. Sugar maple turns orange, paper birch glows lemon yellow, and serviceberry deepens to crimson.…

Roosting like a plump hen at the base of an oak tree in autumn, maitake, or hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa), is a distinctive and delicious polypore that offers versatility in the kitchen.…