The Outside Story: finding the pink star caterpillar

The Pink Star Caterpillar was discovered last summer by naturalists with The Caterpillar Lab in Swanzey, N.H.

The Outside Story: Keeping winter coats clean

Standing on the berm of a small pond, I watch the resident beaver leave its lodge, a silhouetted nose moving through the water.

The Outside Story: Ant-mimic spiders are masters of disguise

I put the small brown ant I had mounted (but never identified) under a microscope and peered down at it. Two huge, headlight-like eyes stared back at me. That couldn’t be right; ants don’t have eyes that size and shape. I took the specimen to my professor … (read more)