
Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Don’t shoot squirrels out of season
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from the Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from the Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Columbus — Ohio Sea Grant, on behalf of Ohio State University, the University of Toledo, and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE), has released the 2025 research findings update for the statewide Harmful Algal

Zac Prickett was fortunate enough to have two encounters this past fall with a massive buck he had been watching since last year.
The second such encounter paid off for Prickett on Nov. 1

During a weather event that only occurs an average of 18 times per year worldwide – a “Bomb Cyclone” – that was predicted days in advance dropped temperatures Dec. 27-28 from nearly 60 degrees to

The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife reminds Ohioans that a live-cut Christmas tree may be repurposed after the holidays as habitat for various species of animals. Before you discard your tree, remember that it

Gaithersburg, Md. — After advancing conservation priorities at the Izaak Walton League for 18 years, including 13 years as executive director, Scott Kovarovics stepped down Dec 23. A search for a new executive director will

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Our universe is a big place and it keeps getting bigger. Why is that?
For one thing, we keep building new and better telescopes that help us see farther into space.

Every year, around the holidays, I participate in a long-time traditional bird count, called the Christmas Bird Count or (CBC). This is a world-wide effort by volunteers to take a day to go and count
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