Environment

A battery consisting of a slice of boiled potato between two electrodes can power a small light for 20 hours, after which a new potato slice is inserted.

These plants can switch genders throughout their lives in response to growing conditions.

Twenty times more admirals than normal are moving into the province.

The next day spring peepers, chorus frogs and wood frogs heralded the early spring from sylvan pools.

If frogs can open the eyes of children to the wonders of nature, they can also touch our souls.

Ten species of frogs and toads share our landscape, a rich assemblage of hopping amphibians for such a northerly clime.

While landfill raised concerns about what was seeping into our ground and water, gasification raises concerns about what is seeping into our air.

Hot rocks, put it off, a passing thought, war flags and Holy typo! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

There are probably more deer now than there were before European settlement.

Most of our butternuts are dead or dying, stricken by a fungal disease called butternut canker.

Help the turtles by signing a petition being circulated by Friends of Ontario Snapping Turtles.

An incisive account of the global food crisis—and how it can be solved.