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Green Mountain Digital has launched three new field guides in their Audubon Guide Series: Audubon Nature California, Audubon Nature New England, and Audubon Nature Texas. The Ultimate Guide Series are 10-subject packs that let outdoor enthusiasts identify birds, butterflies, fishes, insects and spiders, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, seashells, seashore creatures, trees, and wildflowers. The ...

Today (and yesterday) is (was) National Moth Night here in the UK, a two-night celebration of moths - surely some of the most under-appreciated insects on the planet. Everyone likes butterflies, right? But MOTHS?! Those dull things that fly into lights and get in your hair. No way… Actually, when you do take the time to look at moths they’re every bit as beautiful and variable as butterflies, and - usually - far better represented in terms of species in most gardens (or similarly easily-acc

by Mrs. MarthaSomeone once asked me what I liked about leaves and it was difficult for me to choose just one answer! Did you know caterpillars dine on leaves for nutrition and they even use the leaves as shelter for their cocoon before they emerge as stunning butterflies, isn't that amazing?! I also adore how leaves add art to the streets of my home town, especially during the Fall.As a child, I often gazed at the leaves and watched them gently sway to the ground. Their colours were vibrant; a v

That once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that both warms one’s heart and instills a swarm of nervous stomach butterflies came about for me last week: giving a commencement address at my old high school, Glenbrook South in Glenview, Illinois. While it ranked an honor to receive the distinguished alum award, the five-minute speech proffering advice for the 2009 graduating class proved to be a unique challenge for me, requiring me to think about and process the “Lisa Kivirist” from 1985 when I grad