Have you ever seen a porcupine fall from a tree? Or seen a porcupine busy feeding in a tree? Winter is a good time to get out and watch that, and a bonus is seeing the gathering of insects around damaged areas.
Insects & Arachnids
Insect Word Search
Can you find all thirty warbler species hidden in this puzzle?
Study Guide Puzzles, February 2026
Sharpen your nature knowledge with these puzzles!
My Quest for a Colorful Jumping Spider
When you observe God’s created organisms, like spiders, it’s easy to see that they are so intricate in structure, so amazingly complex in function, and so perfectly designed. Only God can do that!
Cows and Other Creatures of the Crypt
Does your yard seem boring this time of year because there are no bird songs or cricket calls or bees buzzing around the flowers?
Study Guide Puzzles, January 2026
Sharpen your nature knowledge with these puzzles!
Busy Bees Quiz
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Jessica Sanderson. Approximately how many days does it take for a worker bee to mature from egg to adult?a. 29 daysb. 24 daysc. 21 days If a larva...
Caption This Bronze Copper
Submit your caption for this Bronze Copper.
Focus Illustrated, December 2025
Readers’ photos illustrating the September 2025 Photo Focus lesson.
Favorite Focus, December 2025
Enjoy our readers’ favorite photos from the December issue!
Wintergreen’s Secret World
I had no idea what surprise awaited me…it flipped a switch in my mind from That’s neat! to WHAT ELSE HAVE I MISSED ABOUT WINTERGREEN?
Exploring Nature, October 2025
Nature highlights for October.
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?
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.
Creation Close-ups, September 2025
Enjoy our readers’ photo submissions from the July issue!