Damselfly Dancer (Genus Argia or Enallagma) The slender Blue-fronted Dancer is a Damselfly that flits, flutters, and bounces as it flies, making it a natural choreographer. Dancers’ flight patterns are […]
Springtime…it’s a magical time of the year in the Carolina Mountains. Wildflowers, trees budding out, and songbirds singing are all like magnets to enjoying the great outdoors. What often […]
Trillium is an early bloomer from the Lily Family (Liliaceae) that springs forth from the forest floor and loves to live in the shade. The timing works well in wooded […]
This bird is sufficiently rarely sighted for a “snipe hunt” to be synonymous with a boondoggle joke played upon the uninitiated and naïve. There are millions of Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago […]
This summer, the Highlands Biological Station will offer a variety of workshops sure to pique the interest of every Highlands resident and visitor! These fun and educational courses are […]
Today – unseasonably warm and sunny when it was forecast to be cloudy and cold – my sweetheart and I were heading up to Rabun Bald, a first for both […]
The Highlands Biological Foundation annually supports researchers coming to Highlands to further explore our unique biodiversity hot-spot. Over the past 10 years, the Foundation has awarded over $300,000 in […]
Some of our winter residents will soon go north. March is a month of change: In like a lion, it is said, and out like a lamb. Winter begins to […]
Witch Hazel, Hamamelis Virginiana, blooms in forests from Novia Scotia to Florida, and as far west as eastern Texas. The little yellow flowers can be quite showy from September through […]
Fly fishing gives you an excuse to visit some very pretty places and one of the things fly fishermen and women like to do is plan these excursions. […]
