​Philly Naturehoods

Now in its second full spring season, the stormwater ponds at the Wissahickon Environmental Center (Tree House) are teeming with life!

As summer nears its end, so comes the time for the great great grandchildren of Mexico-born Monarchs who migrated north to return.

Fireflies (or lightning bugs, as we call them in Philly) are beetles in the family Lampyridae. .