Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...

Ants are all around us– whether they’re marching across your kitchen wall or quietly building a home in your garden. Most of ...

One tree does not make a forest, but a lone tree can nevertheless function as a small-scale ecosystem. Considering all the ...

A study published in the journal Nature has analyzed 5,000 samples of a fungus that is responsible for the largest recorded ...

June 1 The 14th annual Yakutat Tern Festival is a celebration of Yakutat, art and one of the largest nesting colonies of Aleutian terns, Arctic terns and the rest of the huge variety of bird species ...

International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22 highlights this year's theme "Harmony with nature and sustainable ...

The RSPCA says: “Birds love to eat suitable seeds and grains - like nyjer, millet, oats and sunflower seeds. Food scraps - cooked pasta, rice and boiled potatoes or cheese and uncooked and unsalted ...

There are a wide array of other ants besides carpenter ants, winter ants and fire ants – Massachusetts has plenty. Meet the ...

Examples that spring to mind are the Hoary Willowherb which is beautifully intricate and Fluted Birds’ Nest fungi which have a hairy exterior and grooved (striated) inner walls. Although many of our ...

Other common fungi you will find in your landscapes are puffballs, slime molds, and bird’s nests. Puffballs are round and range from the size of a golf ball to the size of a watermelon.

I thought it might be fluted bird’s nest fungus but there weren’t any “eggs” in the cups. I think it was probably quite old and the “eggs” had all dispersed. I would love to know more ...