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The white-breasted nuthatch is one of my favorite birds, and its curious, carefree spirit is an essential part of the…

January and February can be a quiet time for most insects, but on sunny days, or when it’s over 50…

I want to introduce you to one of my favorite plants early so you can tune in and watch as…

Today’s micro-creature has six legs, long antennae, and a segmented body… but it’s not classified as an insect (anymore). Springtails are…

The last few days the weather has been exciting with dark skies full of drenching rain approaching on the horizon.

At first glance they look like a collection of the same, very small dark insects with a red to brown…

The rain-saturated reefs of mosses and lichens growing throughout the arboretum soften my eyes and quiet my mind. The Ruby-crowned…

What super-cool insect has some of the traits of a walking stick, a praying mantis, and a water strider but…

The cottonwood leaves are golden. They shimmer against an infinite blue like reflections of the sun’s rays across the surface…

Most of the creatures described in this column are from insect orders like Diptera (flies) or Coleoptera (beetles) that have…