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Naturilst Comics, Nature Humor, and Art from Rose Mosco

Rose Mosco Captures Nature Humor and Art in Her Drawings Educational Humor and Art for Nature Lovers If you're like…

13 years ago

The National Parks Pop-up Book Adds a Retro 3-D Feel to Any Library

Visit National Parks in 3-D Pop-up With the new National Parks Pop-up Book 1930s Style Posters Illustrations Bring Parks to…

13 years ago

The Differences Between Antlers and Horns

Distinguishing the Features of Antlers V. Horns The differences between antlers and horns is greater than you think. Often when…

13 years ago

Featured Crawly Critter: Black Widow Spiders

An Introduction to Black Widow Spiders Check Your Firewood Before Bringing It Inside Every year around this time I'm reminded…

13 years ago

Why You Should Use Walking Poles to Hike

Walking Poles Are Good For Your Health and For Hiking Scientists and Researchers Support Using Poles To Hike and Walk …

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Wintering Wood Frogs Freeze Solid

Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) Freeze Solid Over Winter and Then Come Back to Life in Spring Here in North America…

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The Cat in the Hat Teaches Science in Dr. Seuss Nature Books and PBS Show

Dr. Seuss Nature Books and TV Show on PBS for Children Science and Nature in Verse Growing up I always…

13 years ago

Home School & Informal Education

Informal Education and Working with Home School Groups A Guide To Help Other Information Education Venues work with Home School…

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Animal Skull Identification Resources

Look, I Found This Skull In The Woods! What is it? North American Animal Skull Identification Resources to Help You…

13 years ago

Christmas Bird Count in Your Region

Join The National Audubon Society's 114th Christmas Bird Count (Photo: Flicker Common Use Dana Orlosky) Each year brave and intrepid…

13 years ago

Reusable Sandwich Wrappers

Consider Reusable Sandwich Wrappers as Stocking Stuffers This Year Often when I'm teaching, the groups that I work with stay…

13 years ago

Master Naturalist Programs Across the US

Where Can You Learn to Be a Master Naturalist? States with Master Naturalist Programs and Classes After a successful nature…

13 years ago

Found Feathers and the Feather Atlas

Picking a Feather off the Ground May Get You Jail Time Migratory Bird Treaty Act Makes Collecting Bird Feathers Illegal,…

13 years ago

Feathered Feature: The Ruddy Duck

The Ruddy Duck: A Bird With Style An Introduction to the Natural History and Identification of the Ruddy Duck (Oxyura…

13 years ago

Young Naturalists Awards Challenge (Grades 7-12)

American Museum of Natural History Young Naturalist Awards Challenges Students in STEM Do you know students in grades 7-12 that…

13 years ago

Uncover Books: 3D Exploration in Book Form

3D Books for Learning Uncover Books offer a range of books for kids (and adults) interested in knowing what goes…

13 years ago

Biomimicry and the LA Auto Show Design Challenge

The Winner of the Biomimicry & Mobility 2025 Design Challenge Announced The Automotive World is Engaging with Nature and Biomimicry…

13 years ago

EPA New Insect Repellency Labeling, Is it Really Helpful?

Do You Find the EPA's New Awareness Graphic Helpful? The EPA is looking for feedback on its new "Repellency Awareness…

13 years ago

Meet the Camel Cricket

Camel Crickets 101           Meet the Harmless Camel Cricket or Spricket How many times have you…

13 years ago

Urban Greening Through Seed Bombs

Guerrilla Gardening and Seed Bombs There's a movement afoot called urban guerrilla gardening and its goal is to "green" unsightly…

13 years ago

Medieval Bestiary Animal of the Day: The Hedgehog

Medieval Bestiary Animal of the Day The Hedgehog Just to step outside the “normal nature” box I thought I'd focus…

13 years ago

Enter the World of 3D Smithsonian Collections

3D Modeling and the Smithsonian Collections Today the Smithsonian is releasing the debut of its new 3D Digitization Collections on…

13 years ago

Choosing the Best Bird Field Guide

Choosing the Best Field Guide For Birding As an educator I'm often asked to help people with advice about choosing…

13 years ago

The Secret Life of Pill Bugs

The Quietly Understated Roly Poly (Photo: Flicker, common use by Frank Carey) One of the most common invertebrates you encounter…

13 years ago

A Comprehensive Site to Search for Citizen Science Projects

Review of SciStarter, Citizen Science Project Searchable Website It's not often that I come across well organized and useful sites…

13 years ago

Poison Ivy 101

An Introduction to Poison Ivy As a naturalist one of the biggest concerns I run into out in the woods…

13 years ago

How to Focus Binoculars Properly

Proper Focus Means the World When Being Outdoors I know most of you already have binoculars, but one of the…

13 years ago

Black Walnut Harvesting and Preparation

Eastern Black Walnut Harvesting and Nut Preparation It's not often that you find food lying around on the ground waiting…

13 years ago

Leaf ID With Your Phone: Leaf Snap

Leaf Snap: A Tree and Leaf ID App Using Your Phone Identifying Leaves with Technology During the fall it's a…

13 years ago

Edible Fungus-Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) This time of year it's common to come across the "fruiting bodies" of fungus,…

13 years ago