In honor of today being Imbolc, an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrating the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal…
I cannot be absolutely positive that this camel cricket, (family Rhaphidophoridae) which I found under a chunk of bark in…
I found my first specimens of these conifers on a trip to Mt. Hood last October, but it took a…
I love purple shore crabs! I never get tired of watching their sideways scuttle among cobblestones of the intertidal zone,…
Thanks to a tip from Caroline Skinner, a regular reader of these profiles, I was able to find my first…
The 16th installment in my attempt to profile the conifers of the PNW highlights Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). This primarily coastal denizen,…
It has been a busy couple weeks for yours truly! In addition to the holiday festivities, my nbo Morgan recently…
There were many moments of discovery on my trip to sw Oregon, many moments of joy and wonder, many ‘Yeehaw!’…
I’m going to take a short break from talking about the organisms I found on my trip to sw Oregon/nw…
I am embarrassed to admit that I knew almost nothing about the biology and ecology of purple sea urchins (or…