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by Nina Munteanu It was early winter, before the snows, as I entered the large cedar swamp-forest and felt magic touch my shoulder. It wasn’...

by Kim Woolcock The new year makes me think of new beginnings. Why not new bio-inspired technologies?   As microplastics clog up our newsfee...

At first glance, the mushrooms we see popping up on the forest floor may appear pretty insignificant. They’re lovely, sure, but most are sm...

 by Jan Thornhill [ Today's post is based on some images and captions by Jan Thornhill. Her studies of fungus lead her to make photograp...

Our own Joan Marie Galat is a scholar of all things fungus. And she still knows how to enjoy just finding the odd mushroom here and there wh...

 By Jan Thornhill Ruby LOVES to "play dead" so we can will bury her in snow! I love early spring! And no – I’m not ...

By Claire Eamer Jan Thornhill Sci/Why's own Jan Thornhill is this year's winner of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for Lit...

Jan Thornhill (This is a repost of the October 2013 one that somehow disappeared.) Picture this: You’re in an unfamiliar part of...