You know it’s a dipper when it lands on a rock and bounces up and down as if to shake off the cold water, then plunges straight into the frigid stream…
2025, 07 July
Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, July 2025
Check out our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
To Capture Lightning
Ahh, lightning! An in-cloud starburst streak! Had I finally uncovered the secret to those photos I so admired?
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, July 2025
Whole Wheat Pancakes…Jell-O Squares…Cheese Balls…Delicious Ice Cream Dessert
Water Garden for Wildlife
Your dream stream doesn’t need to be just a dream. Bring it right to your yard!
Study Guide Puzzles, July 2025
Reinforce nature facts from the July issue with the Study Guide puzzles!
End of the Trail, July 2025: Aurora
Check out this spectacular 360° aurora panorama!
Animal Life in Antarctica
Antarctica animals word search puzzle
Caption This Hippo
Submit your caption for this curious hippo!
In Our Skies, July and August 2025
With the Milky Way coming into a favorable position for evening viewing, all kinds of fun features are out there to be viewed…
A Huge Finger
Even though the largest pillar only looks like a curling finger of dust, it is a gigantic four light-years long from the top to the bottom…
Salts & Optics
You have tasted sodium chloride (table salt), but have you ever seen any salts under a microscope?
Exploring Nature, July 2025
What are noctilucent clouds? Nature highlights for July!
Ophichus
Ophiuchus is a large constellation that lies high in the southern sky on midsummer evenings…
You Can Draw a Garden Snail
In seven steps, you can draw this garden snail with flowers too!