Nature always surprises me. That’s one of my favorite things about it. It’s unpredictable and exciting. I never know what I am going to stumble across while out on a walk, or while reading up on an animal, even one I thought I was familiar with. Recently, I’ve been compiling educational ...

The bare branches and dormant plants of winter may seem like a one-note experience with just a cursory glance, but they also provide a window into an otherwise hidden world if you take time to look in the trees and search between the brambles and dead grasses. Look up into the tree branches and ...

The Audubon Community Nature Center is offering two holiday camps where children can explore outdoors, play, climb, run, and engage their senses as they discover all that winter embodies. The Wednesday, Dec. 27, camp is for ages 5 to 11. The Thursday, Dec. 28, camp is for ages 4 to 12. Both ...

An article came out this week that 566 new words were added to dictionaries this year. In addition, 2,604 existing words received new or updated definitions. Adding new words is a sign of a healthy language. As our society evolves, so does our language. Language is how we express ourselves, and ...

Public Engagement Specialist I have always been fascinated by ripples in the water. As a child, I loved to throw pebbles in puddles and ponds and watch the patterns created by the ripples as they overlapped. The surface became an ever-changing kaleidoscope of shapes as the ripples bounced off ...

Ralph B. Simpson of Warren will be the focus of the Audubon Community Nature Center’s next First Friday Lunch Bunch. The Audubon Community Nature Center houses a collection of over 150 birds created during a time when bird collections, rather than field guides, were an important resource ...