Curations from the Human Jungle
The Outside Story Vernal Pools: A Nursery for Amphibians and a Buffet for Predators By Emily Haynes When the winter snow melts and the spring rain begins, vernal pools appear on the landscape. These ephemeral wetlands form in depressions in forests or ridge lines and offer essential breeding habitat to amphibians and invertebrates, including wood... Continue Reading →
The Outside Story By Jenna O’del In the cold October air, my classmates and I gathered around the square oak board placed on the ground more than a year earlier. Carefully, we lifted it and peered underneath. Against the dark brown soil, two shiny lines caught our attention: salamanders. Both were Eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon... Continue Reading →