• Spruce Grouse © K.P. McFarland

    Field Guide to January

    Although the days are slowly growing longer, life in the Northeast now finds itself in the coldest depths of winter. January is about survival. Here are a few natural history tidbits happening outdoors this month.
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    Red Trillium © K.P. McFarland

    Naturalists Help Build Biodiversity Big Data in 2020

    Naturalists added nearly 175,000 biodiversity records to our rapidly growing database of life in Vermont. What an amazing year!
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    News and observations about wildlife and wild places directly from VCE biologists at work in the field or in the office.

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    Four-spotted Spurleg Lady Beetle © Spencer Hardy

    Vermont Lady Beetle Atlas Finds Lost Species

    VCE's weekend-long Vermont Backyard Lady Beetle Blitz in mid-May paid off with the discovery of a species not seen in the state since 1976.
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