Natural Connections
Natural Connections is a weekly newspaper column created by Emily Stone, the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum in Cable, Wisconsin. In each episode, Emily reads her fun and informative weekly column about Northwoods Nature.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
292 - Lovely Slugs
Dampness cooled my fingers as I lifted softened wood out of the limp maple leaves. In order to make sense of the small log, I assumed the hunched posture of nearsighted people everywhere. My field …
291 - Midnight Mystery Sound
This week we’ll discover the origin of a mysterious sound in the night.
290 - Listening to a Boundary Waters Night
Wind whooshed through the pines and spruces who bristled across the spine of our rocky point like quills on a porcupine. I snuggled more deeply into my sleeping bag. The day had been gusty, our paddl…
289 - Listening in Elk Habitat
We listen for elk in habitat created for talking to submarines.
288 - Turtles All the Way Down
Feeling squinty, I lifted my head to let my eyes rest on the soft greens and browns of the forest again. The tender light on the glistening surfaces made it feel like a fairyland. As my mind wander…
287 - Microscopic Minerals
"It was 7 o’clock at night at the Northland College Geology Lab, and for the past four hours, I had been peering down a microscope, absorbing the stunning images of a rock cut so thinly that light le…
286 - Boundary Waters Jewels
Just back from leading a “Boundary Waters with a Naturalist” trip for the Museum, I’m turning over memories in my mind. Each one has a unique sparkle or hue; some edges are rough, others liquid; som…
285 - Three Little Wasps
Pelecinid wasps are similar to ichneumon wasps in that adults drink nectar, and they have long ovipositors for depositing eggs directly in the larva of another species. They just happen to be in the…
284 - Really Old Rocks
The 20-foot high cliff was window into the Superior Craton, one of the very first land masses to form when the planet was young. The original rocks likely included basalt from the ocean floor and vo…
283 - Nine Places to Find Delight
This week I discovered nine places to find delight.
282 - Community Science
A light breeze brushed through the pollinator gardens surrounding the Museum. Happy children and singing birds filled the Museum courtyard with sound. All this noise didn’t bother me; I zoned into t…