When to water: Check the top 1-2 inches of soil and water only when dry to avoid root rot and browning tips. Seasonal changes ...

Nature Educator and Animal Care Specialist Spring is here! Buds are growing, birds have returned and are singing, and ...

Every day as we advance toward May, the wetlands around our region’s lakes play a symphony of songs that enchant those of us who love our outdoors. Springtime music fills the air around Mosquito, ...

There’s a sure sign that spring is just around the corner. Over the past couple of weeks, the silence of the night has been disturbed by a loud peeping sound. It’s mating season for the spring peeper.

A spring peeper at Corey Marsh last fall. Spring nights come alive at a Laingsburg nature center as temperatures warm. That means frogs are waking up, and their chirps and croaks are reverberating ...

Signs of spring were evident well before March 20 when spring officially started. One sign that wasn’t visible was the unmistakable smell of a striped skunk whose mating season was underway. It may ...

Anne Marie Hartigan Peeper passed away peacefully alongside her family on Sunday, March 22, in Orlando, FL. She was born in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 1944, to G. Frank Hartigan and Pauline ...

The Dreibelbis Farm Historical Society will host a Spring Pepper Walk and celebrate local Native American culture and heritage during two upcoming events held at the historic Dreibelbis farm in ...

Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start to emerge from their hiding places. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...

Warm rain in the Hudson Valley signals the start of amphibian migration season. Frogs and salamanders leave forest shelters and travel to shallow breeding pools formed by snowmelt and rain. These ...

Young Big Night volunteers check out a spotted salamander that was crossing a Cumberland road in search of spring habitat. (Courtesy of Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust) How did the salamander ...

“Balance,” “poise,” and “equilibrium” are all words that can broadly describe nature and seem especially fitting as we mark the passing of the spring equinox. Light will outshine the darkness from now ...