
Nature Smart: A rule-breaking woodpecker
I’ve spent a 40-plus-year career writing about and taking photos of all sorts of wildlife, and birds in particular. So, you might think I’ve seen them all. Nothing could be further from the truth!

I’ve spent a 40-plus-year career writing about and taking photos of all sorts of wildlife, and birds in particular. So, you might think I’ve seen them all. Nothing could be further from the truth!

Yes, that is a timber rattlesnake in Joey Reichhoff’s photo, the reptile staying cool under a rock on the side of a bluff in southwestern Wisconsin.
Reichhoff had gone out looking for snakes in

Illinois ranks fifth in the nation when it comes to percentage of deer harvested by bow or crossbow, according a report by the National Deer Association.
NDA based its analysis on the 2022-23 season

Jeremiah Haas, who has written a popular column for Illinois Outdoor News since 2017, will be inducted into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame.
But he’s going in for his day job. Haas, who

A program aimed at protecting and restoring U.S. grasslands that has languished in Congress for several years was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 9 by a collective of both Republicans and

How fish adapt to life in large urban rivers is one of the questions Dr. Austin Happel is trying to answer.
Largemouth bass is a species of particular interest to Happel, a research biologist

Illinois DNR’s decision to double the number of bobcat permits it distributes appears to have piqued interest among Illinois trappers and hunters.
Shortly after the Sept. 30 application deadline, DNR reported that there were

Word is still out on DNR’s recent Fall 2024 survey of Citizens Lake, a small body of water with a big fish population in Warren County.
Last fall’s sampling showed an impressive channel catfish
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 15, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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