2022
End of the Trail, December 2022: Snowflakes
Study Guide Puzzles, December 2022
The Greatest Houseplant Ever?
The poinsettia is probably the most popular potted flower in U.S. history—at least in terms of pots sold. Last year around thirty-five million pots of poinsettias were sold in the U.S., almost all...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, December 2022
Building a Weight-triggered Perch
Chipping Sparrow. Photo © Austin Vinar. When trying to photograph skittish birds at my feeder, I’ve often thought, Wouldn’t it be nice to have a trail camera that takes good bird photos…. But,...
Covers, November 2022
Tarantula Nebula. Photo by James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument.
Let’s Take a Hike: Cartwheel Galaxy
Cartwheel Galaxy. Photo by James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument.
Chasing Whoo?
Long-eared Owl. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Ice-crusted snow crunched, warning the woods of the coming intruders. Blue Jays screamed somewhere. “Are they telling the other animals we are coming?”...
From the Editor’s Quill and Scavenger Hunt, November 2022
Invisibles, November 2022
457 Falling Stars
Geminid meteor shower. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The December night was clear and bitterly cold. The freezing winter air burned my lungs as I stepped outside shortly after 10:00 p.m. Expectantly, I...
Make a Model Motor, Part 1
Wondernose: What animal is named after both the mouse and the deer?
Mouse deer. Photo © Lerwit Sasipreyajun/Dreamstime.com. No, this is not a deer mouse, Wondernose. You see, our mystery animal is neither a mouse nor a deer. It’s simply named after them—for good...
