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Exploring Nature, August 2025
Puffin rescue…migrations… August nature highlights.
Exploring Nature, July 2025
What are noctilucent clouds? Nature highlights for July!
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...
Exploring Nature, April 2025
Morels…migrations…and more. Nature highlights for April!
Exploring Nature, April 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Just as farmers are hoping the spring dries up enough to get into the fields to mow hay, morel hunters are hoping for alternating rain and sunshine to...
Exploring Nature, March 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Woodcocks are doing their courtship displays. Listen for their loud peenting or beeping at dusk on warm evenings. Grizzlies come out of hibernation in mid...
Exploring Nature, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive After a snowfall, look for fresh animal tracks to identify. Hunt for shed antlers. Maintain bird feeding stations with seeds and suet treats. In late...
Exploring Nature, October 2023
Bull elk. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The elk are still bugling. Brown and brook trout are spawning. Wild ginseng is ready for harvest. Check local laws. Bobwhite Quail live in coveys from autumn to...
Exploring Nature, May 2022
Ruffed Grouse eggs hatch in Virginia in late May. You may see them cross a forest road, if you drive through their habitat.May is peak migration for shorebirds at Cape May, New Jersey.The spring...
Exploring Nature, April 2022
In April and May, wildebeest herds move northwest to central Serengeti. They follow the new grass growth.April and May are times to hunt morel mushrooms in the mid-South and Midwest.Check vernal...
Exploring Nature, March 2022
Snow trillium. Photo © Kevin Shank. Snow trilliums bloom mid-March to early April. This trillium was photographed near Franklin, West Virginia, March 21.Sharp-tailed Grouse are displaying on...