As we say goodbye to another summer as it wanes into autumn, I am reminded of how silent the landscape is soon to become. Winter with its da...

Long-Jawed Orb Weavers in the family Tetragnathidae , were first described in 1866 by a German entomologist named Anton Menge. This family n...

Fossil records indicate that black vultures were part of the fauna in Europe approximately thirty-four million years ago. Today these vult...

With names like destroying angel, deaths cap, and the panther, it is easy to understand why these mushrooms are to be taken seriously. All o...

Several years ago, while vacationing in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountain National Park, I noticed a large wasp struggling to carry a seemingly p...