During the grip of winter, the plight of bumble bees might not be an immediate thought. However, January 2025 is a good time to take action to protect the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis). This particular species has experienced…
Don’t despair when climate change takes back seat in next administration; stay positive, be critical, active, kind
If you want to restore natural areas, you must depend on seeds. Vast prairies once covered the Illinois landscape. Bit by bit, those prairies were converted by agriculture. In a period of a couple of hundred years, our vast prairies were replaced by fields of crop seeds. If we hope to save the prairie for future generations, we must become familiar with the plants, their seeds, and how to propagate them.
This peculiar plant is a fitting posterchild for both the complexities of nature and the symbolism of the darkening hemisphere
Return trip to old stomping grounds at Wisconsin-Stevens Point reveals forest’s journey through time
As the dog days will be soon upon us, it’s a great time to tie up some loose ends from past Nature Rambles and look forward to what the future will bring us … like cicadas, bird counts and my red-headed neighbor
LaRue-Pine Hills area at Shawnee National Forest is place to be to see up to 26 species of serpents
The movement originated in the U.K. as a method of encouraging people to allow their native meadows to grow to provide habitat for their native species of birds and insects
Follow me for a four-mile hike around Singing Woods Nature Preserve. glimpse of all of the varied habitats. It’s a long hike through moderately difficult hill trails … Let’s start our virtual hike together at the parking lot at the Tawny Oaks Field Station on Singing Woods Road …
