Glacial boulders in Iowa exist in many of our landscapes that have a history of multiple glacial events. One such boulder lies exposed along a small upland creek drainage at the Grammer Grove Wildlife Area. It is just one feature of this public park that helps draw visitors. They can ask a ...

While looking for a method to illustrate the contrasts between large and small, I settled on the bald eagle as one example and will compare it to the Ruby-throated hummingbird, one of the smallest of birds. They are both avian examples of the tremendous diversity within the bird world. They fly ...

Prairies are grasslands, specifically many species of native grasses and a host of flowers and other non-woody vegetation types. These native grasslands were the culmination of very long geological processes whereby nature filled the voids on open landscapes long after thick glacial ice caps ...

Fundraising is an ongoing endeavor for conservation organizations. While the typical flow and majority of funds into a state’s natural resource department of fish, game and law enforcement comes primarily from fishing, hunting and fur harvest license sales from residents, there are additional ...

Summer season will officially arrive on June 21. Summer marks that celestial position of Earth in its orbit around the sun whereby the northern hemisphere has its axis tilted as far toward the sun as it will be all year. The axial tilt is approximately at an angle to the plane of orbit of ...

Naturalists are folks who enjoy the art and science of teaching, learning, and encouraging people to engage and interact with the natural world of wonders. The big wide world and its natural systems of seasons always brings along with it reasons to enjoy, to learn, to participate in adventures ...