One of my favorite parts of being a naturalist is watching kids discover things they have never seen before. So many children simply don’t get the opportunity to explore outdoors or don’t even know that exploring outside is an option. Audubon does a lot of programs for schools in ...

The nesting season for birds shifts into high gear in May. Geography, weather, and each species’ biology affect the precise timing of the nesting season, but one constant is the role of the incredible egg. Think of an egg as an avian gestation chamber, or the functional equivalent of a ...

Everyone loves a good neighbor, especially one that comes to your house to clean. Chautauqua Lake has a good neighbor — the Conewango Creek Watershed Association. For the last four years, they have come to help clean up the outlet of Chautauqua Lake, and they are set to do it for a ...

When I was in college I usually ate my lunch at the Trailhead CafÈ, a little cafÈ just inside ESF’s campus center. The Trailhead doesn’t look like much to a random stranger just wandering through, but to the students at ESF the Trailhead was the closest thing we had to a dining hall ...

It’s been almost a year since my wife and I moved from West Virginia to Western North Carolina. Since then many readers have written to wish us well. We truly appreciate your thoughtful cards and emails. Thank you. Moving from a large old house on 95 rural acres to a suburban ...

An invasive species is an organism that has been introduced to an environment it is not native to and damages or impacts ecosystems, economies and/or human health. It can be plant, animal, fungal, viral or bacterial in nature. The negative impacts of these species can be extremely severe ...