Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I spent most of my time as an educator leading ...

How many times in a summer have you said something like, “There’s so much to do. The summer is too short. I’m so busy.”? I find myself saying that a lot recently. Yet, my idea of summer is that it is easy-going, has less scheduled activities, and more time to float in a pool and read a ...

I’m not a native of this area, I spent many summer weeks in my childhood at my family’s cabin in Russell, Pa. I was always excited for these trips and looked forward with anticipation to all the things I would do: exploring the woods and creek, finding critters under logs, watching ...

Spending time in nature is great unless there is an unexpected storm. But the weather doesn’t have to put a stop to outdoor adventures. Adults and their 8 to 12-year-old(s) can be Audubon Community Nature Center Natural Investigators Saturday, July 22, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and learn ...

Many of the summer insects we see do not suddenly appear as the fully formed adult versions we are likely to casually encounter. These insects, along with many amphibians and a few other animals have life cycles that require us to look in an entirely different direction to find their younger ...

If you have ever explored outside with young children, you know there is a very good possibility that you will spend a lot of time looking at ordinary things. There are rocks on the trail you would not notice without children to point them out and plants you would otherwise pull out as weeds. ...