When visitors ask me if I live here at Stillman Nature Center, my normal response is, “Yes, in the third hollow tree from the left.” Humor aside, what’s really living in dead trees? At least 43 ...

Dark against the autumn sky, its branches broken and twisted, with mysterious black holes and cracks in its bark, a dead tree might seem spooky. But to many animals, it’s home. Bats, screech owls, ...