I first became acquainted with my neighborhood red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus when it visited my bird feeders last winter. Sporting a black-and-white-striped back with a red nape, this medium-sized woodpecker certainly made a vis…

There was a sucking sound as my rubber boot sank into the deep black muck.

Don’t let your yard become Jellystone Park for hungry Yogi and Boo-Boo look-alikes, warns Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. They’re reporting people are having issues with hungry bears near their homes, who might be tempted by the new c…

We were touring the neighborhood backroads one summer evening when the kids noticed a sleek movement through a small pond. At first, we thought it was a beaver, but its smaller size and – once we got a closer look – slender tail revealed this…

Large fishing spiders walking on water can be fascinating – or terrifyingly unnerving. The latter reaction is common among St. Michael’s College students as we sample Vermont’s streams and ponds.

Each fall, thousands of broad-winged hawks soar across the New England sky in flocks known as kettles on their way to South and Central America. The sky swirls with hawks bubbling up on thermals of hot air and then streaming southward. It is …