"I am thinking about biting a politician." This Groundhog Day, we mourn the passing of Winnipeg Willow, who died just 15 da...

A dead tree, or snag , growing in a remnant patch of old growth forest in Nova Scotia. Photo by Tim Skelly. MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID of old ...

SCIENTISTS SEEM TO HAVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY of why bats are killed by wind turbines, and they think they can use this knowledge to prevent ba...

WHILE WE’RE ON THE TOPIC of good news, check out this article from Fine Gardening magazine . Here we have a well-known garden writer, wr...

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO , I blogged about the depressing case of Deborah Dale , a past president of the North American Native Plant Society wh...

THIS IS A MISERABLE TIME of year for many allergy sufferers. Unfortunately, people with allergies often blame the wrong plants, which does...

Above, a scene from my deck during the summer. We had at least six of these guys drinking from 5 feeders, which I had to refill 2-3 times...