A Letter of Gratitude

A Letter of Gratitude

A thank you note to my nature-loving audience As the holidays approach I’m feeling full of gratitude; for my life, health, and for you, my loyal readers and students. You’re the bee’s knees, the petunia’s petals and the solitaire’s song. Your enthusiasm for the nature...
Top 10 Benefits of Keeping a Travel Journal

Top 10 Benefits of Keeping a Travel Journal

Have you ever been traveling and noticed a person completely engrossed in the activity of journaling, perhaps with a somewhat dreamy expression on her face, and seemingly oblivious to the chaos around her? Perhaps you said to yourself “I should try that on my next...
Halloween Greetings

Halloween Greetings

Boo and happy All Hallows’ Eve to you! As a naturalist, Halloween is my favorite holiday and my favorite place to spend it is deep in a rainforest jungle where there’s certainly no shortage of Halloween-themed wildlife, from cave centipedes and their...
Tiny But Stunning Dart Frogs

Tiny But Stunning Dart Frogs

Cool Facts About the Dendrobatids All poison dart frogs belong to the family Dendrobatidae, and all 187+ species reside in the humid rainforests of Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Brazil. Poison dart frogs are a fascinating group of amphibians with...