Monarch Butterflies

Monarch Butterflies

By Chelsea Jandreau The end of August is one of those liminal spaces where we seem to exist in two different seasons. According to the calendar, it will be summer for a few more weeks, and the daytime is still often warm and sunny enough to continue beach days and...
The Fascinating History of Collective Nouns

The Fascinating History of Collective Nouns

By Emma Roth Many animals like to stay in groups. After all, safety in numbers is a wonderful survival tactic for wild creatures. Prey animals are safer from predators and the predators can work together with their groupmates to take down prey. But one thing about...
Counting Birds by Jeff Tome

Counting Birds by Jeff Tome

You may have heard the news that birds are slowly disappearing from the landscape. Populations of some birds are down by over 95%, but the number of birds in general is down by 29%. The National Audubon Society claims that over one in four birds disappeared in the...
2020 is for the Birds by Jeff Tome

2020 is for the Birds by Jeff Tome

Even the birds are having problems in 2020, but it’s the kind of problem that people who feed birds are loving. Birds that are rarely seen in the United States are flying south in record numbers. People with birdfeeders are seeing some interesting birds show up at...
Deer, Amazing and Destructive by Jeff Tome

Deer, Amazing and Destructive by Jeff Tome

There is something magical about seeing deer, especially with a group of children. Perhaps it is because they are so large compared to other animals likely to be seen. A deer sprinting away through the forest, leaping high with its white tail wagging, is inherently...