Curtis Prairie (Photo: Chelea Lewis / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Prairies aren’t just pretty to look it and nice to walk through. They’re vital to species like American kestrels, bobolinks, sandhill cranes, eastern meadowlark, federally endangered Karner blue butterflies, bees and other pollinators.
They’re also vital to us.…
Friday, April 15, 2022
“The homeland of the federally endangered rusty patched bumble bee has shrunk by 90% in the past 20 years, yet the beneficial, fuzzy native bee can still be found…
Thursday, October 28, 2021
While Madison’s residents soaked up the above-average October temperatures, the heat has given some plants mixed signals. Instead of entering dormancy for the winter, some species have begun to rebloom.…
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Monarch butterflies, Minnesota’s official state butterfly, spend their summer throughout the Midwest and migrate to Mexico in the fall to avoid the freezing winters.
By now, most have already embarked…
