Sarah Courchesne
Sarah Courchesne is an assistant professor of natural sciences at Northern Essex Community College. She grew up in Amesbury, studied English literature at UMass Amherst and earned her veterinary degree at Tufts University. She writes, gardens and lives in East Kingston, N.H., with her husband and two sons.
I keep many houseplants, but I do not always keep them well, or long. As I write this, the remains of a jade plant sit beside me.
Read Story →The cold months mete out sensory deprivation, but the laws of conservation of matter cannot be disobeyed, and insects have to go somewhere…
Read Story →Prof. Sarah Courchesne is not a hunter, but she does stay informed about what is permissible to shoot during hunting season, and what is not.
Read Story →Wild turkeys, which used to be a rare and exotic sight, have experienced an unexpected rapid population expansion throughout New England.
Read Story →A pollinator is any animal that carries pollen between flowers, thereby fertilizing the plant so it can produce fruits and more plants.
Read Story →On the Isles of Shoals, students and researchers track sea gulls, and discover what gulls teach us about ourselves.
Read Story →I met a vulture named Violet a few years ago. She’s a captive bird, acclimated to humans, living at a nature education center.
Read Story →Hidden beneath the soil surface, plants busily prepare for the spring emergence.
Read Story →Prof. Sarah Courchesne accidentally ended up with some frozen frogs in her yard, but that’s surprisingly common in these parts.
Read Story →Mice have always know how to handle things like pandemics. Maybe we should look to their inherent behavior for guidance as we navigate winter?
Read Story →The travels of dragonflies are far less widely known compared to those of hawks, or monarch butterflies, but no less remarkable.
Read Story →Sarah Courchesne regards the natural world from the lofty perch of an open-air treehouse and lets the surrounding wildlife come over for a visit.
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