At the end of the last Ice Age about 12,500 years ago, PEI would have looked more lunar than Earthly: no vegetation, just clay, silt,...

This time last year, I posted about why I’m not a fan of #NoMowMay.  You can read it here (https://www.pei-untamed.com/post/early-spring-...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI.  This time of year, I get a...

PEI forests provide a critical but temporary habitat this time of year: vernal pools. Although you might think of them as just wet spots...

Some of PEI’s natural habitats punch well above their weight – their importance far exceeds the area they occupy in the landscape....

Sites where human and natural histories meet are always interesting, and PEI’s offshore islands are great examples of this. They tell...

Bubbling Spring. The Healing Spring. Spirit Spring. Fountainhead. PEI’s springs are so culturally important that many have names. We may...

I describe natural history as the story our land tells about itself.  PEI’s bogs tell many interesting stories, and at Black Banks the...

We’ve lost our nature literacy.  Here’s why that matters. It wasn’t that long ago that just about every Islander knew how to catch a...

Hurricane Fiona brought many changes to our Island landscape: some dramatic, others subtle, and a few that are – paradoxically – both. ...

Many people were heartbroken at the sight of PEI’s world-famous sand dunes following Hurricane Fiona last fall. At the time, I wrote...

Welcome back to my PEI Habitat Highlights series. You can find previous editions – including Grey Dunes, Krummholtz Forest, Peat Bogs,...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal ‘Google’ for all things wild on PEI! I received these photos of foamy trees from...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal ‘Google’ for all things wild on PEI! I’ve gotten lots of great questions since...

It’s spring and all my favourite signs are here: snow is melting, birds are returning, and tree bark is photosynthesizing. Wait – what?!...

We’ve been looking at how PEI wildlife adapts to our frigid winter conditions, but what about trees? Unlike animals that take shelter or...

Even if you’re not a fan of the PEI winter, I bet you’d agree that few things are more beautiful than hoar frost. Under certain...

Today we have another of PEI's lesser-known coastal habitats: Grey Dunes (Photo 1). The sand dunes featured in Island photos are almost...

Let's look at one of PEI's lesser-known coastal habitats: krummholz forest (Photo 1). Although PEI isn’t far north or high-altitude, we...

Peat Bogs (Photo 1) are one of the oldest habitats on the Island; we can trace their beginnings back to the end of the last Ice Age more...