
Backyard and Beyond: Hawk vs. Heron
What could have compelled a red-tailed hawk to face off with a great blue heron? The photos of this unusual incident, taken by Cliff Price, are jaw-droppingly astonishing.

What could have compelled a red-tailed hawk to face off with a great blue heron? The photos of this unusual incident, taken by Cliff Price, are jaw-droppingly astonishing.

In the North Country where I live, our frozen-over lake had so much snow atop the ice that sunlight couldn’t penetrate into the lake to allow aquatic plants to survive.

First the bad news – invasive spongy moths are still present in New York and remain a threat to its forests.
But there’s also good news. A few years into an aggressive program to

There’s a pretty good chance that, in the next several weeks, northeast Iowa will be visited by a few wandering black bears coming down from Minnesota and Wisconsin ahead of the breeding season.
According

The findings, recently published open access in the journal Ecology, show invasive earthworm populations increase with deer presence and decrease with tree harvesting.

The Ohio River and the Lehigh River are among 10 waterways on American Rivers’ Most Endangered Rivers in America roster for 2023.
Others include the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, the Okefenokee Swamp
A public hearing is scheduled for May 16 to discuss management options, gather public input, and review a plan for habitat enhancement for Clear Lake in Sibley County.
The Minnesota DNR and the Sibley

Visitors to some Pennsylvania state parks this spring may notice something different, and some may not like what they see. But some will.
From a wildlife perspective, big winners in this management shift should

On April 14, as a group of fishermen motored through the East Harbor channel into Lake Erie en route to some walleye fishing around the islands, scores of large Gizzard shad were seen floating on
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