Nature

For the fourth consecutive year, the state's estimated bear population was higher than the state's annual population goal of 3,500 to 5,500 bears.

The Luman R. Nelson taxidermy collection, which includes more than 600 birds and animals, has been in Marlboro since the early 1960s. The museum where it’s housed lost their lease and the collection is to be put into storage.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department found a black racer snake in southern Windham County — the latest in a spate of rediscoveries by the department. The species has not been seen in Vermont for 10 years.

The summer solstice is an opportunity to mark the passing of time.

False mermaid-weed is a small spring ephemeral that was previously believed to be locally extinct in Vermont.

As the glaciers retreated after the last glacial age and water from the Atlantic Ocean flooded into the sunken land, three plant species made a home in Vermont. And they never left.

Host Mikaela Lefrak chats with a biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the coordinator of the Butterfly Atlas.

Host Mikaela Lefrak chats with Bridget Butler, the Bird Diva, on migration patterns and creating an inclusive birding community.

A natural history museum in New York's Adirondack Mountains has created a lush space of holiday light in the deep snowy woods at the edge of a wilderness.

Amaryllis bulbs are native to southern hemispheres but you can pot them to grow this winter with very little care. Also, try a more recent variety of waxed amaryllis bulb that will grow and flower with no soil or water!