Two feet of snow on the ground and January’s temperatures can make for a difficult time with the local active winter wildlife. Despite this, the critters are adaptable and they are able to cope with ...

November gives us shorter days with early sunsets and cooling temperatures. We start to see ice on ponds, swamps and eventually on lakes. Since the ground and forest floor are covered with downed ...

The snow this past weekend was a terrific introduction to winter. It has been so unseasonably warm recently I was afraid I hadn’t moved far enough north. The duality of snow is one of my favorite ...

This past weekend the landscape completely transformed - from rain-soaked and ice-covered bare earth to the clean slate of a fresh coat of snow. Snow on the ground, or the lack thereof, can have huge ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Western Montana is no stranger to snow, but a peculiar sight in the snow has made an appearance in a field near White Sulphur Springs. Dozens of snowballs sitting in an open field, ...

I moved a little bit inland, away from the Maine coast, because I got tired of the ocean’s moderating effect; we would have rain along the coast, but not so many miles inland there would be feet of ...

Snow avalanches represent one of the most dramatic manifestations of the Earth's cryospheric dynamics. Recent studies combine experimental field investigations and advanced numerical simulations to ...

This adult red-tailed hawk is easily identified by its prominent red tail feathers. Immature red-tailed hawks do not have red tails. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON— Editor’s note: This column was ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. I was ...

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