It's National 'Learn About Butterflies Day' and that means it's time for me to stay up until 3 am writing a blog post about why you...

In North America, Northern Harriers (Circus hudsonius) are one of the easiest raptors to find and identify. If you visit a large marsh,...

In all of our western wanderings we've crossed paths with a variety of new plants, animals, and ecosystems to photograph and get to know....

Through the dappled light of the boreal forest, the soft reddish-brown wings of a Columbia silkmoth beat gently as they fly away from my...

There are at least 47 species of heaths (Ericaceae) in the Adirondacks, here are some uniquely-adapted species to look for!

The Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) is one of the largest birds in North America. It also has one of the oldest fossil records of...

From the time the snow begins to melt long into the early days of summer the wetlands and forests of the northern United States and...

Andean Cock-of-the-rocks are a widespread species in South America. Their bright colors and showy mating behaviors have led them to...

The story of the human relationship with wetlands is a bleak one, and our relationship with tropical peat swamp forests is no different....

San Rafael Falls, or Cascada de San Rafael, has been the tallest waterfall in Ecuador for at least a millennia and one of the major...

Anhinga anhinga, Parque Nacional Yasuni, Ecuador (This Wild Wonderland) The Anhinga is a striking figure both in and out of the water....

Learning how to enjoy the natural world in an ethical way is crucial to the protection of wild places and wild experiences.