The Outside Story: The elusive southern bog lemming
If you’ve never seen – or heard of – the southern bog lemming, you’re not alone.
The Outside Story: Moles, shrews and secret winter caches
In November, I was making soup to stock the freezer when I looked out my kitchen window and spotted a red squirrel rustling through the leaves in search of acorns.
The Outside Story: Towering Eastern white pines are a mainstay of the forest
Last summer I regularly passed a stand of towering white pine trees at Camp Plymouth State Park in Ludlow, Vt., where I live and work.
The Outside Story: Yes, those are swarms of migrating dragonflies
Sitting in a grassy field at Townshend State Park on a late summer day, I watched dozens of dragonflies roaming the sky. Their slender bodies drifted in and out of view as they rode the air currents. I thought of the cool autumn days to come and wondered where these dragonflies would go.