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There’s a good chance you can spot this little blue-gray butterfly at Mount Pisgah—or in your yard.

I have been watching this wonderful vine grow throughout the arboretum this year. I have followed it from the beginning…

I’m a sucker for weird antennae, so this plant bug was an obvious choice for this week’s column. 

There are weasels at the Arboretum!

Dragonflies earn a lot of superlatives. Their order, Odonata, is one of the oldest insect orders, and fossilized dragonflies look…

Red-tailed Hawks can often be seen soaring in the clear blue skies of summer. As they circle overhead, the sun…

What do you call a fly that eats grasshoppers, bees, and even dragonflies?

I have been seeing this beautiful creature on dead snags, stumps, the bases of oak trees, and the small wooden…

The common name for this fantastic beast is the Douglas-fir glowworm. I know, it doesn’t look like a worm. But,…

Walking along the river path, I hear the high-pitched, trilling whistle of the cedar waxwings, and see them as they…