Generally speaking, wasps are to be avoided. Digger wasps, however, usually avoid humans, and rarely sting them

There are subtle signs to be found, left by creatures smaller than deer or foxes, or even mice or voles, which can be found right at eye level, and quite often they are not mere signs, but contain life within.

Yellow jackets—yellow- and black-banded members of the wasp family—make their presence known most dramatically in the fall.

Autumn is not commonly associated with the breeding season, yet many animals, including cottontail rabbits, red squirrels, muskrats, martens, white-tailed deer, and moose, are in the throes of courtship at this time of year.

Melodic, birdlike trills lasting up to several seconds emanate from the woodlands this time of year. They are produced not by birds, but by gray tree frogs.

For some reason, trees don’t naturally come to mind when we think of flowering plants, even though trees do bear flowers.

Red squirrels and gray squirrels are no strangers to anyone living in Harvard, or in the eastern United States, for that matter.

The practice of observing nature and applying what you learn to man-made inventions goes as far back as Leonardo da Vinci and the Wright brothers, but it is now on the front burner.

With the holidays approaching, the sight and scent of conifers are upon us. We're very familiar with them, but there are some common misconceptions regarding cone-bearing trees.