I was recently in a large southern Ohio forest, casting about for various interesting summer plants. The temperature was about 85 degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity — seasonally apropos. Those two ...

Let's face it — with today's hectic schedules, who has the time to dive into books or read long essays just to learn something new? Yet, our minds are naturally curious, and the thirst for learning is ...

Amphibian and Reptile specialist Jeff LeClere from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources joins us in studio with information on Spring Peepers, a frog species in Minnesota that is more likely ...

One of the most interesting topics discussed in my Ornithology class was about the “con artists” found in nature… Brood parasitism occurs when a female bird (the parasite) lays her eggs in the nest of ...

Researchers have made progress in understanding the communication patterns of sperm whales around Dominica, suggesting that these majestic marine mammals might be using a "phonetic alphabet" to ...

Staff at Quarry Hill Nature Center in Rochester seem to have solved a science problem: How do you give basic nature lessons and entertain people at the same time? Take a weekly video program the ...