What’s Up With White Squirrels and Black Squirrels?

A guide to squirrels of a different color.

Matthew L. Miller

Making Beetles Pee Can Protect Your Garden

New research offers strange (and pesticide free) ways to protect your garden.

Kris Millgate

Camera Trapping As Mainstream Nature Activity

More enthusiasts turn to camera trapping to connect to the wildlife that roams when they aren’t looking.

Matthew L. Miller

Why Do House Finches Love Your Hanging Plants?

House finches have become a backyard favorite. And they may even take up residence in your hanging plants.

Lauren D. Pharr

Crawling with Crickets: The Insect Swarm of the Western US

Across the west, this large, occasionally cannibalistic insect swarms by the millions.

Ken Keffer

There’s a Wolverine in My Neighborhood (App)

The peril (and promise?) of wildlife misinformation on social media.

Matthew L. Miller

There’s a Cicada in My Ear

File this Under: Adventures in Cicadas and the Anatomy of a Human Ear, or Hearing Loss is a Small Price to Pay for Taxonomic Certainty

Cara Cannon Byington

Hollow Homes: Meet the Warblers That Nest in Tree Cavities

Meet the prothonotary and Lucy’s warblers, two birds with very interesting nesting needs

Ken Keffer

Strange and Surprising Facts about Opossums

Death fainting! Walking embryos! And other weird facts about the underrated Virginia opossum.

Matthew L. Miller

More Cool Facts About the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

Meet the scientist who’s a sucker for sapsuckers.

Lauren D. Pharr

Mapping Tree Inequality: Why Many People Don’t Benefit from Tree Cover

Trees provide valuable cooling services in cities, but they are not equally distributed. And the problem is worse than originally thought.

Rob McDonald

Holes and Weeping Trees: What’s up with the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker?

The sapsucker needs, well…sap. And lots of it. Here’s how it gets it.

Lauren D. Pharr