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 ...

Otay Mesa CAOtay Mesa CA — Alongside auto wrecking yards and shipping centers off state Route 905, a pop-up world has emerged with some of the strangest creatures to swim in six inches of water. Here ...

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 ...

Fleeting woodland ponds teeming with fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and blue-spotted salamanders might sound straight out of a fantasy novel, but they’re actually an essential feature of Michigan ...

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 ...

Costa Mesa city officials say a new, endangered species of fairy shrimp was discovered in Fairview Park vernal pools this winter. Which proves my theory: fairy shrimp are SO hot right now! That’s ...

The tiny spring wetlands known as vernal pools are an often-overlooked natural feature in Michigan’s forests. Home to seemingly fantastical creatures like fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and ...

Ponds that vanish and reappear, animals that go dormant and return to life—vernal pools feel a bit like spring magic, but they’re 100 percent real. These ephemeral habitats, found along the U.S. West ...

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 ...

Otay Mesa CAOtay Mesa CA — Alongside auto wrecking yards and shipping centers off state Route 905, a pop-up world has emerged with some of the strangest creatures to swim in six inches of water. Here ...