Medieval Bestiary Animal of the Day The Hedgehog Just to step outside the “normal nature” box I thought I'd focus…
3D Modeling and the Smithsonian Collections Today the Smithsonian is releasing the debut of its new 3D Digitization Collections on…
Choosing the Best Field Guide For Birding As an educator I'm often asked to help people with advice about choosing…
The Quietly Understated Roly Poly (Photo: Flicker, common use by Frank Carey) One of the most common invertebrates you encounter…
Review of SciStarter, Citizen Science Project Searchable Website It's not often that I come across well organized and useful sites…
An Introduction to Poison Ivy As a naturalist one of the biggest concerns I run into out in the woods…
Proper Focus Means the World When Being Outdoors I know most of you already have binoculars, but one of the…
Eastern Black Walnut Harvesting and Nut Preparation It's not often that you find food lying around on the ground waiting…
Leaf Snap: A Tree and Leaf ID App Using Your Phone Identifying Leaves with Technology During the fall it's a…
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) This time of year it's common to come across the "fruiting bodies" of fungus,…