Does your yard seem boring this time of year because there are no bird songs or cricket calls or bees buzzing around the flowers?
Articles & Stories
A Marmot’s Life
Suddenly Chief utters a piercing whistle. A warning! He’s noticed a coyote loping up the hillside toward them.
You Can Draw a Sailfish
In five steps, you can draw a Sailfish too!
What Is God Like
We read about God, and are familiar with verses that tell us how He made the world. Does this mean He has time to notice the things we do?
The Tusked Whale
Resembling the fabled unicorn’s horn, the straight-pointing, twisted tusk is actually one of the narwhal’s two teeth.
Exoplanets
If we could somehow count 1 billion stars per second, we would have to count non-stop for 30 million years.
In Our Skies, January and February 2026
Remember to mark your calendars to not miss the upcoming meteor shower or lunar eclipse.
Triangulum and Aries
riangulum and Aries are a pair of small constellations that lie south of Andromeda, between the Great Square of Pegasus and the Pleiades.
Happy Houseplants
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive One of the best things to do on a winter Monday morning is to wander about the house admiring the deep green leaves of a few dozen house plants, splashing...
Composition Considerations
When Bethany and I looked out the window near 1:30 one morning and saw snow coming down, I thought it was time to take a photo.
Cetus
A guide to finding deep-sky objects in Cetus.
A Day to Remember
We had just pulled into the parking lot when a car drove past us, slowed, and a man inside yelled, “There’s a Bald Eagle in that tree over there!”
An Adventurous Day
That creature is ignoring me as if I’m not here, Kay thought, but I’m sure it knows that I am…
Wonders of the Upper Peninsula
We were on our way to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to enjoy God’s picturesque waterfalls…
Exploring Nature, December 2025
Nature highlights for December.