Our subject creature today is the antlion or doodlebug. University of Florida entomologists inform us that there are 22 species in the Eastern United States, while worldwide there are evidently […]

Today I was lamenting the many blooms in my garden that have wilted and gone to seed. However I reminded myself that the seeds would provide lots of sustenance for

The first time I visited the primeval forest of Bear Swamp (Commercial Township) was back in the late 1980s. My husband and I went in on a cloudy day without

Let us contemplate the praying mantis. The Greek word “mantis” means prophet, thus the name derives from people’s perception of a holy person imploring the almighty. You could anthropomorphize this

Growing up I remember that any movies about the invention of flight for human transport included the Wright Brothers as well as a man who donned wings. His venture, from

Along with my father and my husband, I took carving classes with Vernon Smith about 30 years ago. That’s when I became a lot more interested in feathers. One evening

With students about to make their transition from the delights of summer to the culturally developed “institution of learning” I thought it might be fun to discuss non-human creatures and