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As I drove home from Missoula, I was alarmed to see wildfire smoke across the freeway from my house in Frenchtown. Even more concerning was the convoy of pickups pulling stock trailers.

We have three species of garter snakes in Montana. The snake couple I saw were the terrestrial species, Thamnophis elegans, who can lack the colorful markings of the other two.

The roaches are messy eaters, leaving bits of foo on their heads. The mites are like a tiny cleaning crew that eats any scraps of food left on the roach’s face.

Most Hairstreak Butterflies have hair-like tails looking like a pair of antennae and the colored marks looking like eyes. It appears that the butterfly has two heads!

If you suffer from arachnophobia (the fear of spiders), then hold onto your seat. While the thought of one spider might be terrifying, what about spiders that hunt in packs of hundreds?

Pill bugs. Sow bugs. Doodle bugs. Roly-polies. From around the world, there are at least another dozen nicknames for these small animals that are more scientifically referred to as terrestrial isopods, or woodlice.

Earthworms use their entire body to breathe. Burrowed deep in the ground — slow moving, slow metabolizing — their long frames tighten and relax and pull the air they need from soil.

In this sneak peek of season eighteen of ‘The Write Question,’ you’ll hear memoirist Sarah Capdeville speaking about her debut memoir, ‘Aligning the Glacier’s Ghost: Essays on Solitude and Landscape’ (University of New Mexico Press).

In the natural world, how to persist—how, even, to improve—in the face of limits and uncertainty can be a punishing question.

In the third episode of ‘Grounding: Conversations on Mental Health and Mother Earth,’ host Sarah Aronson and guests explore the ways that the younger generation is looking toward and looking forward to their futures on this changing planet.