Archive - Chasing Nature

Earth Day: Fifty Shades of Red

Where the Vernal Meets the Vermillion

Apr 22 •

Pandemonium in a Pond

VIDEO: Forty-two seconds of Wood Frog reproduction

Apr 16 •

The Eclipse Within Our Grasp

Find yours among the coronas burning here on Earth

Apr 5 •

March 2024

Sympathy for a Killer

A carnivorous plant and the virtue of its rare place in the world

Mar 25 •

The Flamboyance of a Common Flower

Discovering the Unusual Filagree of a Roadside Spiderwort

Mar 15 •

The Harmony and Irony of March

An absent orchid, a dormant salamander, a distant songbird

Mar 5 •

February 2024

Reading, Writing and Wrens

Plus sparrows, butterflies, poetry — and our phones

Feb 23 •

Lincoln, Darwin and Nature

Born on this day 215 years ago, the two men never met but almost certainly had wildlife in common.

Feb 12 •

The Kingdom of Tiny Things

Discover New Frontiers in Nature — through your Looking Glass

Feb 6 •

January 2024

Errors and Opportunities

My Omissions and Your Understanding of Owls and Liverwort Sperm

Jan 25 •

SHRINKING VIOLETS

Flower Sex, Pollinators, and the Fate of Beauty

Jan 12 •

A New Year and an Ancient Plant

Longevity, Extinction, the Unknown (and Liverworts)

Jan 1 •

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