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Our Ecology Producer photographs his backyard ecosystem, witnessing seasons change through his plants and the …

A year of life and death struggles, mating, caterpillars, and several new pollinator visitors to …

Yes, mosquitos and fruit flies are in the fly family (Diptera), but flies are also …

The question isn’t “how can we protect monarch caterpillars,” but “should we?” Recent research suggests …

Observations from a suburban yard: insects, weeds, and the animals that eat them. Photos of …

Migratory birds, an invasive frog, and dead, dying, and overwintering insects. We see how plants …

I’m starting to wonder about the higher number of pollinators I’m seeing in my yard …

Biodiversity at a Glance | Animals in North Florida and South Georgia I wanted to …

Before I started writing this, I wanted to look back at the April 2019 Backyard …

This is the first Backyard Blog I’ve written since having to work from home. Being …