Tuesday morning I woke at dawn from a dream in which I was bitten on the leg by a venomous snake...

As the buds split and the tree leaves unfurl, tiny caterpillars and other invertebrates hatch out to feed on the new growth. Migrating...

I started hearing katydids this week. Right now there are just a few male adults--the early members of an orchestra beginning to warm up....

This individual Galax plant follows the same bloom pattern as the Galax population as a whole. Just as the flowers on the bottom of the...