David Wasmuth

How did they find you? Your mistake was breathing.

But how to transform your yard from suburban wasteland to Yellowstone?

Consider: It’s a species as old as the dinosaurs

By DAVID WASMUTH For Montclair Local November has arrived. Montclair’s human residents have spent the past few weeks transitioning to their cold-weather wardrobes; T-shirts and shorts have been put away, sweaters and sweatshirts dug out of the bottoms of draws. The ...

What to do with your fallen leaves? As much as possible, leave them where they fall, David Wasmuth says.

Bumblebees are among the earliest pollinators, emerging on cool early spring mornings when most insects prefer to sleep in.

By DAVID WASMUTH For Montclair Local Sly and cunning are two common descriptors. It has even given us the term “outfox.” It’s hard to think of another animal so associated with intelligent deception, but does the fox, ever more common in Montclair, really deserve to be put in the unsavory company of con artists and unscrupulous sales people? First, when w...

The sixth annual Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World Conference starts Thursday.

Groundhogs look cuddly, but they are detailed engineers, with a somewhat complicated social life, writes David Wasmuth in "What's In Your Backyard."

Thanks to a Mast year for oaks (many acorns!), this is a boom year for chipmunks. Here's a bit about their ways.