A Busy Year in the Nest Boxes
Another cavity-nesting bird season has come to an end at Carolina Wildlands Foundation, and 2026 turned out to be a busy one! Throughout [...]
Duckweed: Nature’s Tiny Water Cleaner
Have you ever looked at a pond covered in tiny green leaves and thought, “Well, that’s a lot of little plants!”? You may have [...]
Invasive Plant Report – A Place for Everything
Beauty, May Be Only Skin Deep…but its impact can go a long way! Spring is approaching. We are madly dusting off the mowers [...]
Debut of Fish of Thompson Creek Guidebook
A remarkable new chapter in documenting the biodiversity of Southern 8ths Field Station has arrived with the release of the Fish of Thompson [...]
Invasives Management
With a name like Sweetgum, it’s got to be good! Maybe not….Although not considered by most to be ‘invasive’ per say the American [...]
“DO” You Know What’s in the Water?
Have you ever sat on a rock by a creek, surrounded by the dark greenish-blue water flowing past smooth stones, with the birds [...]
Controlling Invasive Plants
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) Our focus on eradicating non-native invasive plant species has been mainly targeting Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera [...]
Fireworks Prairie Through a Buckeye’s Perspective
To the world, I am a Common Buckeye Butterfly. But my friends call me Juno, short for Junonia coenia. I spend most of [...]
Longhorn Beetle Study Update
Since January 6th our black panel traps have been deployed to catch Longhorn Beetles. But it was not until two weeks ago on [...]
Bobcat Brings Home Dinner
Did you know Bobcats (Lynx rufus) can stalk their prey up to seven miles away? Although we were not able to watch this [...]
