Have You Ever Taken a Walk with This Creature?
I’m sure you’ve seen a Monarch butterfly before, right? Did you know that their bright orange color is a warning to birds that they taste bad? Well there’s a millipede
Weekly Puzzler Answer #156
Did you have a guess about last week’s puzzler? Have you ever seen this in your garden? Last week’s puzzler was a photo of a Hammerhead Worm, a kind of land
Weekly Puzzler #156: Super Long Legless Critter–Is it a Worm? A Snake? An Alien from Outerspace?
I have been spending a lot of time in the backyard, creating a beautiful perennial flower garden where there used to be grass. It is a great sunny spot that
Weekly Puzzler #151: Really looooonngg “Tail”
Hello and happy weekend! So yes, we’ve been talking a bit about insects. Let’s do another. I found this one the other day when I was in South Carolina at
Weekly Puzzler Answer #150
Did you recognize the odd-looking creature in last week’s puzzler? It is a Cicada exuvia or shed skin. Some insects, like cicadas, go through incomplete or gradual metamorphosis. This means
How Wolves Change Rivers
I have talked before about having a “Bucket List.” In recent years I have been fortunate enough to check many things off of my bucket list. Do you have a
Weekly Puzzler #148: A Bird That Uses a Lure
So last week’s puzzler was a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron–a bird commonly found at the edge of ponds, lakes, marshes, swamps, streamsides and other bodies of water, where it hunts fish,