A Spotlight on Skunk Cabbage

A Spotlight on Skunk Cabbage

By Charlotte Schmaltz, Nature Educator It’s finally beginning to feel like spring is around the corner at Audubon Community Nature Center. Plants are beginning to sprout, animals are waking from hibernation, and birds have begun to migrate north again. Red-winged...
Nature as a Healer

Nature as a Healer

By: Mac Dawson, Nature Educator From the moment I step into a forest I always feel a deep and innate truth: nature heals. It is not merely a place to visit or an aesthetic backdrop to our busy lives; it is a force that soothes our bodies, calms our minds, and...
Scientific Illustrations

Scientific Illustrations

By Chelsea Jandreau, Senior Nature Educator Creativity and science are sometimes viewed with an antagonistic relationship. In school, maybe you were good at art, but didn’t get great grades in biology, or maybe you were great at math, but couldn’t draw more than a...
Are Robins a Sign of Spring?  

Are Robins a Sign of Spring?  

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator If the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If the Wooly Bear caterpillar has a narrow orange band in the middle, it will be a harsh winter. If a cat sneezes, it will rain soon.   Humans...
How to Help Wildlife

How to Help Wildlife

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....
Aurora and Awe

Aurora and Awe

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...