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Nature Journals

Nature Journals

A nature journal is simply a place for capturing your words and sketches; it’s a spot to record your observations, feelings, and thoughts about an aspect of the natural world that has caught your attention.

Magnificent Moths

Magnificent Moths

Fluttering around street lights and hovering over candle flames, moths are sometimes thought of as the butterfly’s drab cousin. But with evocative names like Graceful Ghost moth, Shaggy-spotted Wockia, and Elegant Tailed Slug moth, there is more to moths than meets...
Hiding in Plain Sight

Hiding in Plain Sight

Animals take on the form and shape of something else to conceal their true selves. Crab spiders imitate bird poop, while Polyphemus moths mimic predators’ eyes when they flash their hind wings to reveal an oval shape reminiscent of an owl’s eyes. There are thousands of ways insects, birds, and mammals imitate other things in order to hide and deceive. Their survival depends on having a convincing disguise!

Beyond the Green Blur: Green Adventures in Your Own Backyard

Beyond the Green Blur: Green Adventures in Your Own Backyard

“To observe the same spaces over and over again with the same eyes is not to see them.” Our own backyard or even a nearby park can become nothing more than a green blur: a natural backdrop to our everyday lives that we tend to dismiss and ignore because it’s always...
The Thrill of the Trill

The Thrill of the Trill

No fall evening feels the same without the steady, rhythmic chorus of cricket song. The sound conjures up starlit nights, the spicy smell of fallen leaves, and the warmth of a crackling fire. Crickets sing for the same reason frogs and birds do: to attract a mate. A...