MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Friday announced it will host a virtual Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Respons…
Rare sightings of barn owls give Wisconsin birdwatchers something to hoot about!
A flock of hikers crunched down the oak-leaf-covered trail behind me, their blaze orange accessories complementing the last of autumn’s browns…
Did you know that wild turkeys are native to Wisconsin and that they were eliminated from the Badger State in the 1880s due to over-exploitati…
One evening a few weeks ago, I looked up from my computer to see a thick swarm of mosquitoes at my window. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of the t…
Frosty cold slid down my lungs as I trotted out of the driveway for some morning exercise. Not sure I’d quite call it running, but I do find t…
It all started over a pair of trumpeter swans with a late-hatching cygnet on Sailor Creek Flowage in the Township of Fifield in Price County, …
Did any little bees buzz up to your porch last weekend, looking for a sugary snack? How did you treat them? Did you smile and coo at their cos…
Celebrating All Hallowtide: A naturalist’s view of death
Most of our migrant birds in Price County have already left our area and are on their way south to warmer climates and better food sources. Th…
Shuffling restlessly around the house, I needed to do something else before bed. Scrub the sink? Nah. Read? I’d just fall asleep. I looked out…
Oct. 21 is Imagine a Day Without Water (imagineadaywithoutwater.org), a nationwide effort to highlight why water is essential, invaluable and …
Suddenly, there they were!
Thick, gray clouds still hung low over the glassy lake, but in the west, a sliver of clear sky had begun to show above the dark trees. All day…
Are you ready for one of nature's greatest shows on earth? If you are, the fall color season in our Northwoods won't disappoint, and neither w…
It isn't often one can have a close encounter with trumpeter swans.
The activity of bumblebees in the museum’s pollinator gardens has continued to distract me through my office windows on warm afternoons. But b…
Are you ready for one of nature’s grandest shows on earth? If you are, the fall color season in the Northwoods won’t disappoint.
My office window looks out onto the museum’s backyard and the pollinator gardens that grow there in tousled abundance. Wildflower season peake…
We’re lucky to live in this swath of the continent known as the Northwoods, where fall colors are spectacular. Go a little south, or head fart…
I have led 20 natural history safari trips to Africa, starting in 1988, and secretary birds were a common sight in my earlier safaris. It is o…
The 13th-annual Flambeau 40 took place on Saturday, Sept. 4. The race is a 35-mile loop over rolling hills that begins on 9th Avenue South in …
Evidence of the last waning days of summer are everywhere! The days are getting shorter, the early mornings are often in the 40s Fahrenheit wi…
Habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, disease and severe weather have all taken a severe toll on birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, r…
Bill Hoffman of Brantwood is a collector of conifers with more than 200 taxa (genus, species, and cultivars) under his care. But his real pass…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources today announced its continued partnership with Wisconsin Girl Scout councils for the third-annua…
Those familiar with canoe racing may know the term “hut” is used when the person paddling at the back of a canoe wants the person paddling at …
It happens when we least expect them: Mystery lilies start blooming in and brightening up our Nature Education Center gardens in August when o…
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