Bianca Lavies

Text and photographs depict the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the red-sided garter snake.

Describes what happens in a compost pile and how creatures, from bacteria and mites to millipedes and earthworms, aid in the process of turning compost into humus.

Reveals the hidden world of social wasps at home in their nests,focusing on the activities of paper wasps and baldfaced hornets.

Text and photographs depict the life cycle of the Atlantic salmon, from its birth in freshwater streams through its journey to the sea to its return to spawn in its streams of origin.