For the past month my grilling tent has been a nursery. A pair of songbirds, dark-eyed juncos, decided to try to raise a family in it. I...

Whenever I give a nature talk, one question usually comes up. And it’s almost always phrased as a statement. “You must spend a lot of ti...

As soon as the eggs are laid, most female ducks are on their own. They are left to raise the young by themselves. And for good reason: t...

A lot of environmental activism focuses on what others need to do. Switching to clean energy. Stopping pollution. Conserving large ...

(This is part of The Hidden Life of the Hideous Tree, a nine-part series about discovering nature in my front yard. View previous insta...

(This is part of The Hidden Life of the Hideous Tree, a nine-part series about discovering nature in my front yard. View previous insta...

(This is part of The Hidden Life of the Hideous Tree, a nine-part series about discovering nature in my front yard. View previous insta...