Two heads are better than one or does thinking that make them turkeys?

  When I studied monkeys and tropical rainforests, I missed the four seasons. True, for a naturalist, there is little to compare […]

I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]

The misnamed sago palm is actually a cycad. Cycads date back to the time of dinosaurs and their living relatives trace back […]

Today was another cloudy and rainy day, so it seemed appropriate to chase waterfalls. Just last month I visited Looking Glass Falls, […]