The red planet is brighter and closer than usual to Earth this summer, while scientists say there’s mounting evidence of water, which could mean extraterrestrial life, Dana Wilde writes.

Facts from this summer indicate the roulette wheel ball is slowing down and getting ready to land just about anywhere but a lucky number for us, Dana Wilde writes.

A flower is not a star, yet at some point in our dreams and at the edge of reality they cross paths and the two become one, Dana Wilde writes.

Only passive landscaping is keeping the birches, sumac and raspberry thickets from taking over the yard, Dana Wilde writes.

Nature, red in tooth and claw, was on full display as a hammock spider and jumping spider encountered each other, Dana Wilde writes.

The birds’ tapping can be communicating complicated messages, such as domestic intimacy, as sounds are passed around out there among the trees, Dana Wilde writes.

The Earth’s climate is changing, whether you believe it or not, and so is the moral climate, Dana Wilde writes.

From 7-foot high snowbanks to dandelions, the slow dawning of spring has come after a paralyzing winter, Dana Wilde writes.

Bird populations are being decimated worldwide, including 19 percent of Maine species, largely because of habitat degradation, writes Dana Wilde.

Catastrophic floods provide a window into the effect global warming is having on insect populations and, as a result, the very fabric of our ecology, Dana Wilde writes.