Sarah Courchesne

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.

The travels of dragonflies are far less widely known compared to those of hawks, or monarch butterflies, but no less remarkable.

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.

Tent caterpillars might make you squeamish, but there’s more to these wiggly tree denizens than meets the eye.

Despite its name, the skunk cabbage is a beautiful, mysterious plan, and a herald of spring.

The cold months mete out sensory deprivation, but the laws of conservation of matter cannot be disobeyed, and insects have to go somewhere…

Squirrels live as I live, their fates entwined with the trees’ capricious whim. Come winter, I try to accept their fate: live by the oak, die by the oak.

I had a student a few years ago who joined me on my annual field research trip. Soft-spoken and kind, she also possessed an almost…

Online, we can choose to be foodies, techies, dog people, cat people, paleo or vegan, but the decision is final, and you’d best stick with it for followers.

Broad swathes of my yard are covered in something that might once have been a lawn. The middle has the threadbare look of a heavily trafficked carpet.

Oyster mushrooms can grow on many things — straw, sawdust, etc… but it turns out that used coffee grounds are particularly well suited to the task.

I’ve been on more than a few nature walks in my time. Bog walks, woods walks, swamp walks, sometimes leading them myself but mostly trailing along…