The Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is a spectacular 30-acre garden with fountains, children's area, and tropical garden.

This morning on my way to work, I saw two large herons fly overhead. It got me thinking about how this area of the Platte is ...

Great Auk: A flightless bird that lived in the North Atlantic, the great auk was hunted for its feathers and meat. It became extinct in the mid-19th century, with the last known individuals killed in ...

As the push for cleaner energy continues, one midwestern company is looking at ways to reduce their enviornmental impacts on ...

It is Election Day as I sit writing this, pondering a divided nation while relishing the sights and experiences I enjoyed on ...

The reason for this is that woodpeckers need to use this superhero-like pecking ability to carve out shelter, uncover and consume insects, and communicate with other woodpeckers. There are 239 species ...

Many factors affect breeding and migration, so birds must be extremely adaptable and flexible to shifts in global climate ...

Eastern bluebirds, harriers, egrets, terns and plovers flock to Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Sherman along the ...

From the variegated flycatcher to the Steller's sea eagle, birders seek out those how-did-that-species-get-here moments.

Iowa chapters of the ACLU and LULAC claim Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s order violates Iowans’ right to vote and due ...

American coots are similar in shape to common gallinules, but coots have a white bill and a bright red eye instead of the gallinule’s red and yellow candy-colored bill. And unlike ducks, coots don’t ...

Back in September while I watched almost daily for migrants from a lawn chair, I heard on a couple of occasions the “early bird” owls calling occasionally from shady wooded areas. The owls tended to ...