Puddle or vernal pool? Take a closer look to find out. Vernal pools, Michigan’s fantastical temporary wetlands, are teeming with life. They’ve earned the nickname, “powerhouse puddles” from the state ...

One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

Interested in learning about and protecting one of our most enchanting ecosystems? Training starts this week to become part of the statewide Vernal Pool Patrol program. As the sun warms the forest ...

Apr. 25—Each spring, usually during April, my walking takes me on a route where I visit about 10 vernal ponds. Often called "vernal pools," they tend to be small and shallow and show up in spring.

When winter snow melts and spring rain begins, vernal pools appear on the landscape. These ephemeral wetlands form in depressions in forests or ridgelines and offer essential breeding habitat to ...

Spring! Get in touch with sure signs of warmer days and new life this Saturday, Feb. 8, with these two offerings from this week's Outdoor Adventures column. Help with the annual rite of tapping maple ...

It's Newt Night. Frog Fest. Salamanderpalooza. The temperature is brushing up against 50 where I live, and it's been drizzling for a couple of days. And so, the amphibians, the goggle-eyed, slightly ...

As days begin to lengthen and thoughts turn to spring, one of the earliest signs of the forest reawakening are the sights and sounds around vernal pools. Vernal pools appear as small, dry depressions ...

As Spring makes way for Summer, the vestiges of an abundantly wet winter show in the shrinking pools of water — known as vernal pools — in the fields behind Fremont’s Auto Row. The pools are nature’s ...