Find the objects hidden in this red squirrel drawing!
Issues
Ransacked!
Someone or something seemed to be sabotaging our efforts to create an arrangement of colorful flora. Yesterday, my brother’s petunias had vanished, and today, my sister’s violets were the victims. So far, my flowerpot had remained untouched—but for how long?
Creation Close-ups, April 2025
Trails and Tales contest honorable mention photos
Wondernose: What tree has dead bark that’s very useful to man?
Ordinarily, dead bark would be the part of a tree left rotting in the woods after the valuable parts have been harvested. Not so with our mystery tree. The bark gets harvested, and the rest of the tree is left standing!
Pictures & Poems, April 2025
Trails and Tails Contest First Place Art Winner + honorable mention art and writing
Mailbox, April 2025
110 Things to See With a Telescope. Thundersnows. Read the April letters to the editor.
You Can Draw a White-breasted Nuthatch Submissions
Children’s submissions for You Can Draw a White-breasted Nuthatch lesson.
You Can Draw a Mockingbird
In five steps, you can draw a Northern Mockingbird too!
In the Heart of My Tree
Nature enchants me.
But I am not a birder.
Nor a stargazer.
Nor a leaf-ologist.
I looked for poetry
in all of these.
I was eluded.
And then I found it—
a charming cadence—
In the Heart of My Tree
Exploring Nature, April 2025
Morels…migrations…and more. Nature highlights for April!
Slippery Salamander Quiz
Can you reach the end? Learn interesting facts along the way!
End of the Trail, April 2025
Trails and Tales Contest Photo Second Place Winner
Study Guide Puzzles, April 2025
Reinforce nature facts from the April issue with the Study Guide puzzles!
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, April 2025
Breakfast Casserole Bake… Delicious Tomato Soup… Ten-Minute Breadsticks… Homemade Punch
Favorite Focus, April 2025
View our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!