With the longer days and warmer temperatures, there is an urge to get outside and into my gardens. After a long winter, it feels good to be outside, get my hands in the dirt and work. I relish the repeated pulling of the rake and bending among the beds, clippers in hand, to tidy up old leaves ...

Opening my windows when the temperature climbs up just enough to be comfortable brings more than just fresh air into the rooms that have been locked down against the outside for months. It also brings a return of familiar spring noises, and occasionally some novel ones depending on whether the ...

When the long winter months come to its final days, we all desperately search for any signs that will bring a break from nature’s cold darkness. Instead of watching the forecast or refreshing your weather app for the millionth time, you can find subtle signs of spring from the ground you walk ...

It’s finally beginning to feel like spring is around the corner at Audubon Community Nature Center. Plants are beginning to sprout, animals are waking from hibernation, and birds have begun to migrate north again. Red-winged Blackbirds especially have returned in droves to ACNC and you can ...

From the moment I step into a forest I always feel a deep and innate truth: nature heals. It is not merely a place to visit or an aesthetic backdrop to our busy lives; it is a force that soothes our bodies, calms our minds, and nourishes our spirits. Science and personal experience alike affirm ...

Creativity and science are sometimes viewed with an antagonistic relationship. In school, maybe you were good at art, but didn’t get great grades in biology, or maybe you were great at math, but couldn’t draw more than a stick figure. However, separating creative and scientific minds does ...