College Park Wild: Snakes in the suburbs: All black snakes are not the same
By RICK BORCHELT Spring is the time we’re most likely to see snakes in the D.C. suburbs; warmer temperatures lure…
College Park Wild: What does the fox say?
By RICK BORCHELT In a fable known to most schoolchildren, Aesop tells about a fox that has discovered a cluster…
College Park Wild: Sleeping in silk sheets
By Rick Borchelt Come a warm, still late afternoon in May, a male cecropia moth — Hyalophora cecropia, the largest…
College Park Wild: Who hoots for you?
By Rick Borchelt Here in the D.C. metro area, we’re accustomed to having the icy stillness of midwinter nights being…
College Park Wild: Meanwhile, back at the lodge
By RICK BORCHELT Busy as a beaver is an accurate watchword for this industrious mammal, second only to the South…
College Park Wild: A royal river of orange
By RICK BORCHELT From October until the first frosts, a river of orange flows through Maryland — a river of…
Beauty and wonder in our backyards
By MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN I’ve always been a bug guy. For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated…
Native Gardening with Jimmy: Winter leaves grow summer wings
By Jimmy Rogers A few weeks ago, a dazzling butterfly perched gracefully atop one of my milkweed flowers. I followed…
College Park Wild: For ants, antlions are the pits
By Rick Borchelt You’ve probably seen them in the sand or loose soil under roof overhangs, beneath playground equipment or…
College Park Wild: Turtles all the way down
By Rick Borchelt Testudo, the half-ton bronze University of Maryland mascot outside McKeldin Library, isn’t going on walkabout anytime soon…