Can you identify these raptors?
Wildflowers
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?
Creation Close-ups, October 2025
Enjoy our readers’ photo submissions from the October issue!
Autumn Trails
Come with me on another nature outing. Why is “fall” a name for this lovely season? What falls in the fall?
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.
Exploring Nature, September 2025
Nature highlights for September.
Nice-looking Weeds? In the Flower Beds?
I like weeds—for good reason I think. It’s because I see so many incredibly interesting things when I’m among the weeds. But the problem is, I like the looks of weeded flower beds and garden…
You Can Draw a House Wren
In six steps, you can draw a House Wren too!
Don’t Be an Alpine Giant…
I’d recommend you not being the tallest giant around in the afternoon, and maybe skip crawling into a mountain lion’s lair….
Be an Alpine Giant for a Day
Dad, are you crazy? my son was probably thinking as our van rocked and shook in the 60-mile-an-hour gale…
Wondernose: What plant could be called “Nature’s Pizza Pan”?
Imagine a plant that bears huge leaves two yards/meters or more across!
Let’s Take a Hike ~ Summer
Come along with me on a summer outing. We’ll drive up to our mountain forest and pasture land…
Covers, June 2025
June highlights: an adorable fawn, and beautiful rhododendrons!
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...
Covers, May 2025
A close-up look into a yellow lady’s slipper and the face of an upset Gray Crowned-Crane.