Natural Connections is a weekly newspaper column created by Emily Stone, the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum in Cable, Wisconsin. In each episode, Emily reads her fun and informative weekly column about Northwoods Nature.
Taking a walk at night with a UV flashlight is just as good as going to a haunted house. In this week’s episode of Natural Connections, Naturalist Emi...
Fall is a beautiful time to be in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota. Naturalist Emily Stone recently went on a canoe trip...
Many native bees build their nests in long cavities. They look for hollow plant stems, beetle holes in trees, and woody twigs they can excavate. Garde...
The few beautiful wildflowers that survive into fall attract a huge number of bumble bees who are completing their annual cycle. New queen bumble bees...
Here in the Northwoods, we’re lucky to witness a kaleidoscope of colors as trees transition from summer into fall and winter. Autumn is a beautiful ti...
Photographing baby animals takes luck, skill, and perseverance. This week, Naturalist Emily Stone gathered the “stories behind the photos” that were e...
Naturalist Emily Stone talks about her canoe trip down the Namekagon River, which is protected by the National Park Service. A tiny mussel shell inspi...