
Nature Smart: The fascinating fireflies of summer
The long evenings of summer bring out many interesting insects that we don’t find any other time of year. I was thinking about this last night, just before sunset while I was in my backyard

The long evenings of summer bring out many interesting insects that we don’t find any other time of year. I was thinking about this last night, just before sunset while I was in my backyard

This is the sweetest time of year for many creatures. The hectic breeding season is just about finished, and life is slowing down a bit.
The living is easier in the second half of

Pool 19 of the Mississippi River has long been a refueling stop for diving ducks migrating up and down the portion of the Flyway that touches Illinois and neighboring states.
It’s also an ongoing

Here’s a look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on Aug. 14, 2025.

This summer has featured some destructive storms in parts of the Upper Midwest.
Eric Morken has bowhunted a river-bottom system for whitetails for seven years and spends a weekend scouting out there in

Designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, Voyager 1 is now the farthest human-made object from Earth. Wikipedia.org reports that as of May 2025, this spacecraft was 15.5 billion miles away

If you’re a frequent bird hunter who targets waterfowl or upland birds, having a pair of game dogs is always better than one. If watching a single dog is a pleasure, then two must be

When I photograph wildlife, I usually have a specific species of critter in mind. The best images are the ones that I envision and plan ahead of time, leaving little to chance. This usually requires

The past director of the Wyoming Fish and Game Department has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Brian Nesvik succeeds Paul Souza, who
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