Naturalist’s Notebook
Celebrating Appalachia’s magnificent biodiversity
A Short Hiss-tory of Timber Rattlesnakes
By Matt Grimley Imagine yourself in the mountains,…
Appalachian Mussels: Our Living Freshwater Filters
By Jesse Wood When European settlers first waded…
American Chestnut: Return of the Forest King?
By Molly Moore When Daniel Boone traveled through…
Fox Squirrels Making a Comeback in N.C.
If you’ve ever seen what you thought was a gray squirrel on steroids, what you actually saw was most likely a fox squirrel. This bushy-tailed, colossal squirrel is common throughout most of Appalachia, but was not seen in the North Carolina mountains in several decades — until relatively recently.
