This lesson plan for grades 9 - 12 will teach students to identify habitats in living, dead and decaying trees as well as understand the relationships between trees and the animals that inhabit them. Click here for the Trees as habitats lesson plan from the National Wildlife Federation.
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Photo of the Month: October 2026
Above: In the US, in New England, there is only a single species of hummingbird.
Photo of the Month: September 2026
On a pelagic trip off the coast of Huatulco in Mexico’s Oaxaca state, we saw numerous seabirds, but I hadn’t expected to encounter so many adult sea turtles. Most would sense the boat and quickly dive
Photo of the Month: August 2026
Both of these photos were taken on a trip based on Holbrook’s “South Africa: Gardens, Parks, Wine Country and the Wildflower Super Bloom!” arranged by Sandy Schmidt. The trip was timed for the spring