What is on deer's mind, or more specifically his head?

We go over three winter survival strategies: hibernation, migration, insulation

"From the Haunted Wood" Isaac McLellan. "Beyond the Last Lamp" Thomas Hardy. "The Haunted Oak" Paul Laurence Dunbar. "The Lake of the Dismal Swamp" Thomas Moore. "The Stolen Child" W. B. Yeats. "This Place is Haunted" Richard Jones. ko-fi.com/followfox

Can an apple a day keep the doctor away?

Get nutty with this autumnal nut

As Autumn closes in, let's enjoy some of the vestiges of summertime.

Snap to it and listen to some facts and folklore about these terrifying terrapins

What is that whining noise? No, it's not me - it's the cicadas! Excerpts from The Farmer's Almanac, and "The Cultural Signifigance of the Pueblo Indian Flute" by Kevin Brewer.

This plant is everywhere! It is possibly one of the more important plants in North America, but why?

A collection of poems about fireflies. "Fireflies in the Garden" Robert Frost. "Fireflies" Bliss Carman. "The Fireflies in the Wheat" Harriet Prescott Spofford. "Fireflies" Ernestine Northover. "Cosmic Fireflies" Denis Mair. "Fireflies on a Moonless Night" Juan Olivarez. "Fireflies By My Bed" Juan Olivarez.