The Big Night
Walking around the woods in northeastern Massachusetts on the last couple of warm days it feels to me like a biological time bomb is due to go off in the very near future. The wetlands near my home in Concord, … Continued
Marbled Salamander Breakthrough
Ecological restoration is a slow process. Often, we must wait several years to see if our work is paying off. Plants must mature, flower, and spread seeds. Turtles often don’t reach reproductive maturity until 16 years of age or even … Continued
Warming Winter Woes
It’s sixty degrees Fahrenheit in February as I write these words, and not even for the first time this year. Some variation in temperature from day to day and week to week has always been a fact of life living … Continued
Wildest Animal Experiences: Part 3
We’re finishing our three-part series of wild staff animal encounters this week with one from the Director of Field Conservation himself, Bryan Windmiller, featuring one very interesting and very lost amphibian. “I have spent a great deal of time surveying … Continued
Book Review – Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris
Review by Bryan Windmiller, Director of Field Conservation A tiny bluish-silver fish, the Devil’s Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis), is a poster-child for species in deep existential trouble. The world’s entire population of “pure” (we’ll get to that) Devil’s Hole pupfish … Continued