While it may be intended as an insult, one should be proud to be called a gannet.

John Muir had a fondness for ferns. He encouraged this activity: “Spread a fern-frond over a man’s head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.”

Death is delicious if you are a carrion beetle.

What else can you say about the arrival of a famed fish? Known for its brilliant and beautiful coloration, mackerel are also admired for their historic abundance and one-time ease of harvesting.

Wild horses couldn’t drag me away. On my belly on a boardwalk, my face was up close and personal with a peculiar profusion of plants.

Early 20th Century Anglo-Argentinian author, naturalist and ornithologist William Henry Hudson was a grass grouch.