The Questions: Rhonda, East Tennessee, USA – I found this in an East TN lake, between 1-3 feet down, attached to underwater pine branches, gelatinous and slimy to touch. Frog’s eggs or bryozoans? (see photo at left)George,...
Read MoreThe Question: Sitting beside a small lake in Massachusetts with many lily pads, we kept hearing a popping noise, almost like bubblegum snapping. What makes that sound? Submitted by: Greg, New York, USA The Sort of Short Answer:...
Read MoreI have fallen a little behind in responding to questions, but hopefully, I’ll start catching up in the next few days, but I wanted to share some amazing slow motion, time-lapse and close-up video of pollinators by...
Read MoreThe Question: From time-to-time, birds fly into our picture windows and die. On two occasions, once last summer and then again just two days ago, a squirrel or a chipmunk retrieved the carcass and proceeded to devour it. This...
Read MoreThe Question: On a recent mid-July trip to the Trinity Alps in Northern California we saw many of these 2′-4′ tall plants, most just starting to show emerging flower heads. I thought they were so common that ID would...
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