Environment
In the Bleak Midwinter
Don Scallen explores how birds, mammals and reptiles have adapted to survive our long, trying winter.
Feed the Birds
Looking to bring colour and joy to those grey winter days? Setting up a feeder for our fine feathered friends is a mutually beneficial move.
Crooning Tree Crickets
Male tree crickets – rock stars of the insect realm – sing to attract females, and display other courtship behaviour not so different from ours.
Fascinating Fungi
Fall is the perfect time to get down low and take a closer peek at the stunningly diverse and complex organisms that are fungi
Pit by Pit
As another battle over aggregate mining gears up in Cataract, the question remains: how do we balance our voracious demand for aggregates with the rights of local citizens and nature?
A Walk in The Hills
The illustrator behind The Sweetgrass Chronicles series turns his attention to the hills of Mulmur.
Where The Wild Things Are
What the leaders, students and parents of local outdoor school programs want us to know about the power of outdoor learning.
Transforming Turf into a Meadow Ecosystem
From a swath of turf grass came a thriving meadow ecosystem full of wild flowers, pollinators and biodiversity.
Bats Aided by Citizen Scientists
Bats hunt with their astonishing echolocating ability, sending out pulses of sound and then “reading” the returning echoes for the shape signatures of potential prey.
Who Pollinates Michigan Lilies?
Could the answer to my pollination puzzle be butterfly wings?
Starstruck
From a small observatory in a Belfountain backyard, the heavens are revealed.
Water Works
Rural life means getting your water from a well. But do you know how your system operates and how to keep it healthy?
