In some respects, Washington, D.C., in the 1850s was an unlikely place to usher in a golden age of American natural history. Philadelphia and Boston had long been the traditional centers of American ...

It’s a good time to be a Drexel Dragon interested in nature. The Drexel Naturalists’ Association is open to every undergraduate student from any major who is interested in learning more about the ...

My late mother Harriet was a pip of a gal. She banded birds for the federal government, made dandelion wine and rose before dawn to track owl hoots on dark forest trails. She was a country girl, a ...

Monarch butterflies worried naturalists last year with a shockingly low presence in the province, but a team of butterfly taggers say this year the species is showing signs of recovery. Members of the ...

Ever come across a purple emperor butterfly? Or a golden oriole? Or a bee orchid? If you have, you may well have experienced what is a common feeling on encountering some of our rarer and more ...