by auduboncnc | Jul 8, 2024 | Nature News, Summer
By Emma Roth Imagine living your whole adult life without a mouth. From the moment you reach maturity, you are in the process of starving, your one goal is to mate and then you die. This sounds morbid to our human ears, but it is the reality for a beautiful creature:...
by auduboncnc | Jul 2, 2024 | Nature News, Summer
By Chelsea Jandreau Audubon just wrapped up our first week of summer day camp, which means I spent a decent amount of time outside with 8 – 11-year-olds exploring, hiking, and playing in the woods and wetlands. Along one of these hikes, one of the campers stopped to...
by auduboncnc | Jun 25, 2024 | Nature News, Summer
By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator I often write or talk about the wonder and beauty of nature. But nature can also be uncomfortable and risky. Dangers that first come to mind may be large predators such as bears and mountain lions. But it’s the little things that...
by Kim Turner | Jun 17, 2024 | Nature News, Spring, Summer
By Emma Roth. Baby birds on the ground, turtles in the road, and fawns seemingly abandoned by their mothers. It is that time of year when all sorts of wildlife seems in desperate need of our help. But do they really need us? Most of the time, the answer is easy: no....
by auduboncnc | Jun 5, 2024 | Nature News, Summer
By Chelsea Jandreau The grasses, ferns, and flowers have really hit their stride and they are continuing to grow taller as we head into summer. As I was out with a group of sixth graders on a field trip to Audubon, one of the students commented offhand that the plants...
by auduboncnc | May 27, 2024 | Nature News, Spring
By Sarah Hatfield, Education Coordinator In hindsight, I don’t actually remember the last time that my jaw literally hung open in awe. I forgot what it feels like to be so incredulous that you start to almost hum with excitement. The eclipse recently came close to...
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