If you'd like to beat the heat nearby, check out the Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve. I did a leisurely paddle

Purple Loosestrife, the beautiful but invasive plant that once overran the Celery Farm, can be seen by the path but

My latest column for The Record is about the best way to watch birds in these dog days of August,

While visiting the Wetlands Institute, I walked out onto an elevated platform in time to see three Clapper Rails (including

Deedee Burnside was nice enough to share her sequence of photos of a Monarch emerging from its chrysalis. Happened earlier

A colleague writes: So my partner and I were in Central Park last weekend and we stopped to grab a

On Monday I wrote: Saw this fungus along Parnell's Path during the Butterfly Walk. Any idea what it is? About

Sandee Faust reports: This is unusual, but I thought you would enjoy it.  My son Sean took pictures of a

Until yesterday, I had never seen an actual Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive bug that has hit southeastern Pennsylvania. While visiting

Big oak tree fell across the stream and blocked the path this week. It took down some other trees but