Northern lights fascinate me. Since I live in central Wisconsin, I have seen them over a dozen times so far this year…
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Favorite Focus, May 2025
View our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
Photograph the Series
One of the most rewarding mornings I’ve spent photographing wildflowers happened not because I photographed a lot of species, but rather because I took a series of photographs…
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, May 2025
Chicken Breast Deluxe… Stuffed Mushrooms… Tiger Bread… Apple Cinnamon Jelly
Dealing with Deer
When I began gardening on my own over a decade ago, I never imagined that my greatest difficulty in achieving a harvest would be the herds of beautiful white-tailed deer that rambled through our farm…
Eastern Hydra and Corvus
The eastern part of Hydra doesn’t hold quite as many outstanding deep-sky targets as the western half of the constellation, but there are several objects here that are worth taking the time to find…
Study Guide Puzzles, May 2025
Reinforce nature facts from the May issue with the Study Guide puzzles!
End of the Trail, May 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive These beautiful, rare snow trilliums are smaller than you think. They stand 3-4 inches (8 cm) tall. The flower is about the diameter of a quarter, to a...
Woodpecker Word Search
Can you find all fifteen woodpecker species hidden in the puzzle?
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?…”
In Our Skies, May and June 2025
Astronomy highlights for May and June 2025
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…
Caption This Fox
Submit your favorite caption for these playful red fox pups!
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...
You Can Draw a Brown Pelican
In five steps, you can draw a Brown Pelican too!