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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Variations on a spider theme
Scientists aren't sure why the same species of spider has three different markings, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2016
Brute neighbors in Troy
Raccoons, skunks, deer and a weasel — all part of life for the Backyard Naturalist.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2016
The discovery of Planet X
If astronomers spot a new planet on the order of the size of Neptune or Uranus, we'll be back to a nine-planet solar system, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2016
A morphology of Maine winter
On some January afternoons, the only things breathing are words, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2015
The value of a fact
The Earth is not flat, it never has been, and no one but a careless-minded handful ever thought so, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2015
Holiday cheer to help us through the darkest days
The sun is at its lowest high point in the sky and winter is about to set in hard, so we might as well celebrate the recent harvest and the remnants of our summer cheer, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2015
The amazing grace of the great blue heron
The underpinning of our experience here on Earth is our experience of its beauty, writes Dana Wilde.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2015
November’s gray dissolution is astounding
This time of year is kind of a magnificent desolation that telescopes your mind, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2015
An unsettling view of life from the backyard
With scientific signs pointing toward extraterrestrial life, Dana Wilde ponders the unsettling questions raised by mounting evidence that we're not alone in the universe.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2015
Here at the end of October
Next year's firewood is cut, split, stacked and permanently covered beside The Shed, part of the fall ritual, writes columnist Dana Wilde.
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