Louisiana Naturalist

The woods are never completely silent. On cold winter days, you won’t hear buzzes or clicks of insects, or the flute-like song of a wood thr...

The breeding song of the Spring Peeper heralds the spring… in Vermont! Here in Louisiana, peepers fill the December night with song. Just as...

High in an old pine tree, in an old woodpecker hole, a southern flying squirrel lies huddled with his family. He wakes to a reveille of sile...

Let me see if I can illustrate this scene for you… 1:05 p.m. Two men drive into the nature park, pass the parking lot and park directly in f...

I crash through and inadvertently destroy countless spider webs on my treks through the forest - but there's one web I don't blindly...

As often as I can, I explore the Ouachita and Adai Trails at Walter B. Jacobs. Their combined length is very nearly 1.5 miles. Though both t...