The Arb is an important part of the Carleton experience, and it means different things to different people. Morning runners, classes, late-night walkers, weekend visitors and Arb caretakers traverse its...

Have you ever wondered why Spring Creek is called Spring Creek? Flowing northwest through campus, Spring Creek has been a staple of campus for its entire existence. If you’ve ever dipped a toe in, you...

It's mating season! In the spring, male frogs and toads begin to search for mates. They call repeatedly, often throughout the day, though particularly at dusk, attempting to attract females. The Arboretum...

If you branch off of the paved path at Postage Stamp Prairie in the Upper Arb, you may find a single-track trail with fantastic views of early spring wildflowers. The trail runs for a few hundred meters...

Tuesday night, I decided to wade up the middle of Spring Creek and follow it through the upper Arb from its mouth at Upper Lyman Lake to see what I could find. As soon as I had left the glow of Carleton’s...

As spring migration season ramps up, you may have noticed a number of ducks of unusual shape and size on Lyman Lakes recently. With temperatures warming and their preferred pond habitats becoming more...

You’re likely familiar with parasites: organisms that live in or on another at the expense of the host. You might not be aware, however, that parasites can themselves get parasites, known as hyperparasites....

Have you ever noticed hairlike structures on leaves? Have you ever looked closer at the intersections of veins on the underside of a leaf and seen an extra tuft of hair density there? Although the group...