Banding birds provides data that helps us understand the movements of birds. Bird banding demonstrations happen at ACNC Saturday mornings in the spring. Photo by Jennifer Schlick If the groundhog sees ...

A spring peeper is pictured at the Audubon Community Nature Center Photo by Jeff Tome Audubon just wrapped up our last weekend of Audubon Lights, where colorful lights and scenes illuminated one of ...

Spending time in nature has been proven to lower blood pressure and be good for our bodies and soul. So, if you’re chained to a desk today, why not do yourself a favor and take a look at the ...

Spring is in the air, and the natural world is abuzz. Join the family-friendly spring festival celebrating nature’s renewal. Learn why flowers and pollinators need each other and discover ways you can ...

One of the earliest signs of spring isn’t something you can see, feel, or touch. You probably won’t even hear it during the day. This harbinger of spring is heard in the evening, long before the last ...

HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Gilles Gui was looking for the magical purple bluebells that raise their heads each spring under the budding beech leaves of the Hallerbos forest, an annual explosion of color ...

Redbud in bloom at T.C. Steele State Historic Site in Brown County during the springtime. The site will be one of the locations participating in the annual Spring Wildflower Foray, a chance to explore ...

Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

I was up hiking in the White Mountains this past weekend with a friend. It was raining and we were admiring just how green it was (while trying to ignore the mud we were slogging through). My hiking ...

Dubuque Street runs along the Iowa River in Iowa City on June 5, 2023. The risk of spring flooding on the Mississippi River, which is fed by the Iowa River, is just 5 to 10 percent, according to a ...

Photos by Zachary Clingenpeel Apr 24, 2025 Apr 24, 2025 0 Dr. James Trager, a retired restoration biologist who works with Shaw Nature Reserve and the Missouri Prairie Foundation, holds up the leaf of ...

Sherry Kuehl is thanking Mother Nature for a cool, colorful springtime. Sherry Kuehl Special to The Star I feel like I need to write a thank you note to Mother Nature for bequeathing my neck of the ...