It wasn’t long before a Dark-eyed Juncos perched itself on my hand and began to feed…
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The Mouse Patrol
My aunt was at the lake, relaxing on the shore, when she noticed a heron creeping stealthily up a steep bank toward the road, step…by…step…
Wolves!
It was getting very dusky, almost too dark to see. I was about to get up from my seat on the dried-out mudflat, when I saw a black shadow in my peripheral vision.
Exploring Nature, October 2025
Nature highlights for October.
Hungry Hawk Trouble
I think the trouble all began back in 2017 when we purchased a bunch of bantam chickens. Everything was going well, no trouble at all, until one day…
In Which a Water Lily Leaf Blows Bubbles and We Meet a Very Shy Caterpillar
Bubbles? Did I just see a lily pad blowing bubbles?
Study Guide Puzzles, October 2025
Can you identify these raptors?
Covers, September 2025
Check out this cute long-tailed weasel, and then read the story behind the photo!
Let’s Take a Hike, September 2025: Bull Elk
Just another morning under the pine tree…
Autumn Trails
Come with me on another nature outing. Why is “fall” a name for this lovely season? What falls in the fall?
From the Editor’s Quill, September 2025
Read the September editorial and dig deeper into the magazine with the scavenger hunt!
Invisibles, September 2025: Red Squirrel
Find the objects hidden in this fox squirrel drawing!
Pictures & Poems, September 2025
Enjoy our readers’ artwork submissions from the September issue.
In Which I Saw a Hole in a Lily Pad…
What made that hole? I wondered. There in the lily pad leaf was a quarter-sized hole. To satisfy my curiosity, I lifted an edge of the lily pad.
Mailbox, September 2025
How can you observe nature in a city? Read the September letters to the editor!