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Every day, if the weather is reasonable, which is to say not pouring (and sometimes even then), I try to start the morning with a walk through the woods and fields near home—a trek that includes many, many stops to photograph the natural history I find along the way. There can be a second "nature hike" when I break for lunch, and there are days when I'm outdoors keeping tabs on the natural world from dawn to dusk, as well as after dark. I've made my living as a photojournalist, specializing in science and medicine, for more than 39 years, and documenting nature in pictures and words has long been a passion. Every day brings a new discovery. Every day, I'll try to post the best one. Insane warmth
February 19, 2017
I knew we were in for an insanely warm day when I let the cats out early—I was in my nightshirt—and I didn't feel the slightest chill. The temperature, which was in the 6...
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Furnace at work
February 18, 2017
More than half-a-century ago, when I first started to study the natural world, things were neatly divided into cold-blooded and warm-blooded, with plants definitely on th...
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Cold socks
February 17, 2017
There's the barest hint of warmth in the still chilly February air: just enough to turn the hard snow sufficiently soft to make it possible to cross-country ski, but not...
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Pollen count
February 16, 2017
I like to work close, and in a perfect world, I'd have the proper modern equipment to capture macro subjects quickly, easily, and, perhaps most important, automatically....
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Dress for protection
February 15, 2017
There are times when the daily treks that inspired this endeavor are not strictly in keeping with the purpose stated on this site's blog introduction, which is to say, th...
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