Our Window on Nature

This country is not only peopled by immigrants, but it’s vegetated by them as well. A high percentage of the plants you see when traveling across the North American continent are actually non-natives. The seeds of these first exotics, as they’re called, arrived right along with the explorers and colonists. Some were intentional imports; others [...]

Last month I lost my keys. That didn’t bother me nearly as much as not having my most-used naturalist’s tool readily available. On my key ring I have a small ten-power magnifying glass. When I’m outside I usually have my binoculars, I often have a camera, but I always have my keys and a way [...]