
Brigette Valencia Zacharczenko, PhD
Kaatskill Life Magazine
Books
Zacharczenko, N. and Zacharczenko, B. 2014. Dr. Zach’s Amazing Catskill Critters. Mr. Nick Productions, Ballston Lake NY
A compendium of all of our Kaatskill Life magazine articles, up to mid-2015.




My articles
It's my turn
Amphibious Landing
Katy Didn't
Corn Snake Confusion
Lobsters of the Pond
Loathsome Leeches
Pretty Painted Pictas
Ambushing the Ambush Bug
A Myriad of Myriapods
It Began with Insects
Aerial Pest Control
Deadly or Docile?
Dermestid Beetles: Friend or Foe?
Mr. Toad's New Suit
See the Sea Monkeys
All Bundled Up
Crafty Caterpillars
The Elusive Horntails
Insects in Art
Praying for Prey
Going Buggy for Blattodea
Appaled by Galls
Since the early 1990s my father and I have collaborated on these articles, with our own section "Learning about Kaatskill Kritters". When I was younger I would catch and hold the study subject for a photo. As I grew older, I began writing my own articles. Currently, we take turns writing for the magazine.
My father taught me many valuable lessons in life, but the most influential was the attitude that going outside to catch bugs and snakes is normal. Exploring nature is just something you're supposed to do. I have taken great joy in assisting my father with these articles, and writing my own, because they bring to life the oft overlooked neighbors we share our backyards and homes with. I hope we can inspire budding naturalists of all ages to go outside and find some of their own Catskill critters.