Try sugaring for moths! Nature highlights for June.
Articles & Stories
Wondernose: What plant could be called “Nature’s Pizza Pan”?
Imagine a plant that bears huge leaves two yards/meters or more across!
Our Most Astounding Night Sky Encounters
To step out into the dark, still night and look up into the myriad of sparking, burning lights…
Be an Alpine Giant for a Day
Dad, are you crazy? my son was probably thinking as our van rocked and shook in the 60-mile-an-hour gale…
Food Plots for Wildlife, Part 1
Seven bucks, still in velvet, slipped out of the woods and began foraging among the grasses in the field… Why not plant for wildlife and increase the opportunities to see these things?
Food Plots for Wildlife, Part 2
Have you ever planted a wildlife garden? Most people refer to that as a food plot. It’s a good way to attract wildlife to your property.
Photographing Our Alaskan Adventure
We were on our way out to photograph the early morning light on the mountains around Resurrection Bay…
Of Spies…and Guards
Desperate to protect, the brave, feathered guard rushed at me, its tail fanned wide. I backed off. But I had waited for weeks for this moment! I was determined to get a picture. I edged forward again…
A Storm-lover’s Dream…or Nightmare
I stepped outside to look at the clouds again. They had changed shockingly fast to a sickening yellowish muddy-orange color, and were now almost directly overhead, with the wind from the east and twice as strong as before.
Wondernose: What mother bird puts herself in prison while her babies grow up?
This is a very strange habit indeed. No other species of bird does this…
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.
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…
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?…”