Readers’ photo submissions from the May issue.
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Mailbox, May 2025
Moon rays… Venus phases… night-flying bees… Read the May letters to the editor.
The Mushroom Hunt
“Let’s go on a mushroom hunt!” This crisp day is perfect for hunting mushrooms in our forest. I fill a cardboard box with knives, bowls, pens, paper, and, most importantly, our mushroom guide.
You Can Draw a Hoary Marmot Submissions
Children’s submissions for You Can Draw a Hoary Marmot lesson.
You Can Draw a Brown Pelican
In five steps, you can draw a Brown Pelican too!
Splendor in the North
Northern lights fascinate me. Since I live in central Wisconsin, I have seen them over a dozen times so far this year…
Exploring Nature, May 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Visit vernal pools and listen to the various species of frogs and toads. Watch their vocal sacs. Look for tadpoles developing. Take a wildflower hike and...
Caption This Fox
Submit your favorite caption for these playful red fox pups!
Lunar Rays Raise Questions
At first glance, the Moon looks like a dull gray world, but the closer you look and the longer you observe, the more you’ll notice interesting features…
In Our Skies, May and June 2025
Astronomy highlights for May and June 2025
Fool Me Once, Lady’s Slipper…
“Fool me once…BZZZZZZZ!” Bumblebee buzzed angrily as she whizzed past. As she bumbled on through the bracken fern and around the blueberry bushes, I think I heard her mumbling, “Why does everything have to have hardly any nectar and pollen?…”
Woodpecker Word Search
Can you find all fifteen woodpecker species hidden in the puzzle?
End of the Trail, May 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive These beautiful, rare snow trilliums are smaller than you think. They stand 3-4 inches (8 cm) tall. The flower is about the diameter of a quarter, to a...
Study Guide Puzzles, May 2025
Reinforce nature facts from the May issue with the Study Guide puzzles!
Eastern Hydra and Corvus
The eastern part of Hydra doesn’t hold quite as many outstanding deep-sky targets as the western half of the constellation, but there are several objects here that are worth taking the time to find…