Have flatulence? Have a small paper cut? Drinking too much? Than Gentiana andrewsii, aka bottled gentian, might just be the pharmacy you're looking for.

This past Monday evening magic happened in Gateway National Recreational Area within a maritime forest in Sandy Hook, New Jersey . Out of the darkness and the corner of an eye the "Witch" appeared.

Insects in the genus Philanthus, like this beewolf I photographed amongst a wild area of spearmint, are amazing and valuable components amongst a complex array of interspecific pollinator-predators

Lazy Day this Labor Day just hanging out with Erethizon dosatum - the "Quill Pig" - we all know it as the porcupine.

Otters -never met one I didn't like.

Meet Xylotrechus sagittatus, the Arrowhead Borer, that I photographed last week in an Atlantic White Cedar bog deep within the penetralia of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

Kentucky Fried Chicken is not the only thing that's finger-licking good.

Looking back in my photo files I tripped across this image of a 6-foot black rat snake (Pantherophis obselata) I found in 2017. I found this peaceful earthling while performing a state threatened wood turtle survey in Passaic County New Jersey. I know, I know - the word peaceful and snake can never be used in the same sentence. Not true…

I'm into the rock band "Rush" - and during the tune "2112" Neil Peart, the bands percussionist and song writer, talks about the Temple of Syrinx - not sure why he came up with this name but I'm guessing he knows about the Y-shaped voice box of the wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) - the syrinx.

Blue Jays never get old! Smart, family oriented, familiar, and gorgeous.

Antlers are the fastest growing bone in nature. For whitetail deer bucks, legumes like red and white clover, combined with calcium and phosphorus rich forbs, equal beautiful racks

It's National Moth Week! A time when the diversity of moths throughout the country reaches a fever pitch.

While performing a vegetative analysis of a site that GZA, GeoEnvironmental remediated of lead at a Gun Range in Northern New Jersey - Jurassic Park entered stage left.

I get it. House sparrows suck.

Troy Meadows Natural Area - NJ !! What more need be said. 3,200-acres of sheer natural bliss! Don't believe me? Well, here's proof. There are 7 breeding Woodpeckers in the State of New Jersey…