Tag: nature
Fairy candles light up the forest
Fairy candles, or black cohosh, bloom each July with towering white spires, marking midsummer's arrival and adding a magical glow to shaded forest trails.
Spit happens: The hidden life of spittlebugs
Retired biologist Tami Gingrich explores the hidden lives of spittlebugs inside their unique homes — frothy blobs surrounding the stems of plants.
Practicing patience within — not by — nature
It’s not that Jim Abrams is a patient person by nature, it’s that it creates in him a patient person within nature.
Look twice: Eyespot mimicry in butterflies and moths
Tami Gingrich explores why moths have distinct circular, concentric rings made up of contrasting colors on their wings, mimicking an eyeball.
Snow in June? It’s the eastern cottonwood tree
Retired wildlife biologist Tami Gingrich details the unique qualities of the cottonwood tree, highlighting their showy seed dispersal.
Pussy willows — meow!
Tami Gingrich details the characteristics, medicinal properties and benefits to wildlife of the American pussy willow.
Snow rollers and a little dog
On the 11th anniversary of her New Guinea singing dog Solo's death, Tami Gingrich recalls a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence — the arrival of the snow rollers.
Mother Nature’s cast-offs
Tami Gingrich details some all-natural items — pine cones, nuts, cocoons and more — that can be collected to create beautiful handmade wreaths.
Woodpeckers: Amazingly adapted to ‘WOOD’land life
Tami Gingrich explains the characteristics that make woodpeckers perfectly suited to their lifestyle and the benfits of having them around.
Clubmosses brighten the winter woods
Tami Gingrich explores the unique features of an ancient group of vascular plants known as the clubmosses that evolved over 400 million years ago.
