During the cold and dark days of December, we will be able to look for animal tracks that tell us what they are doing as we approach the winter solstice.

Snow rollers are rare because it requires very specific weather and ground conditions for nature to make its own snowballs.

Beneath the snow layers, wildlife may be taking advantage of the insulation provided by air pockets within the flakes. On a walk through snowy woods during the day, you might notice tiny tracks atop ...

The snow this past weekend was a terrific introduction to winter. It has been so unseasonably warm recently I was afraid I hadn’t moved far enough north. The duality of snow is one of my favorite ...

November gives us shorter days with early sunsets and cooling temperatures. We start to see ice on ponds, swamps and eventually on lakes. Since the ground and forest floor are covered with downed ...

This past weekend the landscape completely transformed - from rain-soaked and ice-covered bare earth to the clean slate of a fresh coat of snow. Snow on the ground, or the lack thereof, can have huge ...

I moved a little bit inland, away from the Maine coast, because I got tired of the ocean’s moderating effect; we would have rain along the coast, but not so many miles inland there would be feet of ...

The idea began in California's Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of ...

It isn't winter yet, but that has not stopped snow from falling in Massachusetts. On the morning of Oct. 28, snow flurries were recorded across Essex County in Amesbury, Groveland and Danvers, as well ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A clipper storm will bring plowable snow to New York City this weekend, according to AccuWeather. A ...