Category Archives: News

Strawberry Fields

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Kelly

While stretching before a workout in Central Park, I was delighted to find myself face to face with a strawberry growing wild….Okay, I lie. It wasn’t really a strawberry, but a mock strawberry. (And I wasn’t really in Strawberry Fields more »

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Tree Sap Art

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Kelly

This tree’s a real bleeder! Tree sap oozes to beautiful effect from tiny holes that something (or someone?) had meade in the trunk. Puncturing the tree’s protective bark does open it up to potential desease, and isn’t an activity that more »

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Like Bees to Nectar

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Kelly

This bee was so jazzed about the nectar and pollen in the flowers a tree had shed, that it was foraging on the ground. Watch where you step!

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Cicada Calling Cards

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Kelly

Cicadas are starting their annual serenade for mates as we speak. Every night, new ones emerge from their underground homes, crawl their way up tree trunks or other vertical surfaces, and shed their old skins to start life as winged more »

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Venus Transit

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Kelly

Venus flirted with us New Yorkers yesterday as she and the Sun peeked in and out behind the passing clouds. I got a couple of great glimpses, including this one. Did you see Venus? Tell us your story!

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Can you find the Froggy?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Kelly

This guy “posed” a problem while filming an episode of Nature Minute. He always seemed to be underfoot…, and we couldn’t see him well…. He literally kept us on our toes! Check out “Amphibian Crossing” to see what this Critter more »

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Caption Action

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Kelly

What do you think these pigeons are saying? Leave your caption in the comments. Can’t wait to see what you clever folks come up with!

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