Celebrating Life

Celebrating Life

By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist People have all kinds of rituals to celebrate life that I think animals would just find weird. There are weddings, where large groups come together to celebrate a couple getting together. Animals have more personal rituals,...
Slow down and enjoy the seasons

Slow down and enjoy the seasons

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator Time moves faster as you age, or at least your perception of time does. This is a phenomenon that I’m sure many people have experienced; I certainly have. Summer months used to be endless as a child enjoying a break from school. Now they...
Fungus, Fungus Everywhere

Fungus, Fungus Everywhere

By Chelsea Jandreau, Nature Educator In most climates around the world and across the seasons, some variety of fungus is found, from those as big as your head to the microscopically small. Around here, those that prefer to grow directly from the ground are likely...
Don’t Look it Up Right Away

Don’t Look it Up Right Away

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator While I still feel relatively young, the candles on my most recent birthday cake tell a different story. Some years go by and I don’t feel any older. But every so often, I can feel the accumulated years and the change they bring....
Sassafras

Sassafras

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator We are in the throes of summer camp at Audubon Community Nature Center. As such, I have been spending a lot of my time outdoors. The past two weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to work with our two specialty camps: Into the Woods, where we...
Verdant

Verdant

By Chelsea Jandreau Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I...