One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

You won’t find fairy shrimp on the Red Lobster menu, however, you will find them swimming at Joshua Tree National Park. Last month, Tropical Storm Hilary dropped 1 to 4 inches of rain on different ...

During the next couple of weeks, little pools of water in forested areas will be alive with the sounds of frogs. They’re gathering places for all kinds of critters who need these temporary shallow ...

Fleeting woodland ponds teeming with fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and blue-spotted salamanders might sound straight out of a fantasy novel, but they’re actually an essential feature of Michigan ...

Thanks to heavy rains brought to California by Tropical Storm Hilary, 22-legged crustaceans are swimming about at Joshua Tree National Park. National Park Service Thanks to heavy rains brought to ...

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