One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

You won’t find fairy shrimp on the Red Lobster menu, however, you will find them swimming at Joshua Tree National Park. Last month, Tropical Storm Hilary dropped 1 to 4 inches of rain on different ...

What was snow-covered just last week is now generally snow-free. Spring wildflowers are beginning to emerge and polka dot the forest floor with green, the ice is out of most ponds, and on warmish ...

During the next couple of weeks, little pools of water in forested areas will be alive with the sounds of frogs. They’re gathering places for all kinds of critters who need these temporary shallow ...

Charlie the Tuna has to be crying into his beer. After all those years of being snubbed by Starkist, the hep tuna now finds himself being passed over by the public, too. For the first time, Americans ...

The aquaculture industry in Wisconsin could be in for a boost, as techniques for growing marine life in artificial ponds are leading to the state's first indoor shrimp farm. Every morning inside a big ...

Each night when darkness falls, huge swarms of dashing male sea creatures called comma shrimp swim up from the depths of the ocean, looking for love. It's a tried-and-true romantic strategy — one the ...

What was snow-covered just last week is now generally snow-free. Spring wildflowers are beginning to emerge and polka dot the forest floor with green, the ice is out of most ponds, and on warmish ...