Now, I'm not referring about those delicious Girl Scout cookies! I'm thinking of all the seeds that hitch a ride on our clothing or on our pet's fur when walking through or near a field in the fall. I noticed the burs (pictured here) on my daily walk last week and stopped to take a closer look. They have tiny hooks on the tip of each seed that attaches to clothes and animal fur like velcro. There are so many ways for seeds to be dispersed from their parent plant. Tagging alon

What kind of living things can you explore in late fall? Well, we had already checked out leaves multiple times and it was becoming harder to find insects, arachnids and other creepy crawlies. There wasn't much fresh fungus around, so what next? Lichen! We can explore this unique organism all year round and it is even more obvious in late fall and winter. What is a lichen? It's a composite organism made up of fungus and algae or cyanobacteria. The fungus acts as the support a