The Egret, the Photographer, and the Universe
One recent morning, the photographs I was prompted to take led me to a rumination that I would like to share with you briefly.
The Return of the Light
Those of you who have been with Nature’s Depths for some time will remember that two years ago my life changed forever.
Magnetic Migration
Our migratory kin travel south in the fall and back north in the spring. They do this over distances of hundreds or thousands, even tens of thousands of miles. How is this possible? Let us side-step the question of how different species manage to obtain enough energy to fly, walk, or swim for such distances and ask the other big question: How do they know in what direction they should be traveling?
Life’s Renewal Manifests
We know from experience about the way we humans court, and make babies, and care for our children. It’s a huge part of our lives. But how about some of the other creatures that make up the living world? How do they bring the next generation into existence?
Nature Is Risen, She Is Risen Indeed
This past Sunday was Easter Sunday. It evoked in me many thoughts and feelings about Nature which I would like to share with you here.
Life Within Life
We have been on many a walk together—in forests, on beaches, on the prairie. But let’s go out again, for there is still much to see and much to learn about life on the extraordinary planet that is our home. Today, let’s look for lichens!