Thebostonlol enjoyed a walk among the mountain laurels at the Arnold Arboretum today.

WBUR reports that a spruce tree at the Arnold Arboretum has produced a rare batch of half male, half female cones this spring.

Mark Smith enjoyed the morning light filtering through the giant hemlocks at the Arnold Arboretum.

Mark Smith captured some of the winter-blooming witch hazel at the Arnold Arboretum today.

Jamaica Plain News presents a photo of a fisher cat in the Arnold Arboretum, to go with the deer and the coyotes and the owls. Spotted in the wilder Bussey Brook woods.

Hamel was in Bussey Brook Meadow (the "wild" part of the Arboretum across Washington Street from the Forest Hills T stop) yesterday, picking up trash for Earth Day, but lost her Banana Republic denim jacket (which looks like the one above). If anybody spots it, let us know.

It's coyote mating season and they're out and about - like in the Arnold Arboretum at dusk: Read more.

The Crimson recounts the history of Muddy Pond, which used to be in the "wild" side of the Arnold Arboretum, between South Street and Washington Street, which kept proving a death trap and which Harvard only finally did something about when the city started talking about taking the land by eminent domain to fix the problem.

Adam Balsam was among the many people who got up early to get a good view of the eclipse, which in his case meant a trip to Wollaston Beach. At first, it was disappointing, because clouds obscured the show as the sun broke above the horizon, but once the sun rose high enough, the show was on. Read more.

A sleep-deprived citizen filed a 311 complaint at 3:33 a.m. about the situation in the section of the Arboretum behind Washington Street in Roslindale near Forest Hills: Read more.