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Environmentalist Douglas Tallamy believes every person with a patch of front or back yard can be a conservationist.Tallamy, an author and insect…
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Whooping cranes have long captured the imagination of poets and painters. They are the tallest birds in North America, avid dancers and can live and breed…
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There are some new faces in the prairies around McLean County—ceramic faces, that is.The idea to tell a visual history of the prairie through faces came…
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You might have heard about people who talk to trees. But can trees speak?Biologist David Haskell spent a year studying trees across the globe, paying the…
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Most people would shrink from an opportunity to walk through the woods at night. All that darkness. All those strange insect sounds, not to mention the…
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Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington may be one of the smaller accredited zoos in the nation. It's a leader, however, when it comes to preserving several…
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It’s a perfect night to watch for nocturnal birds. Calm winds, clear sky and waxing moon just above the horizon.I’m standing at dusk on the Lexington…
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Walking along Shady Hollow Trail at Comlara Park, Sherrie Snyder spots a small flowering plant in the underbrush that contains a series of delicate deep…
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Two years ago, a female eagle was found shot dead in Normal. Her mate soon died -- killed apparently by another bird. Then their three orphaned eagles…
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Two miles east of the city limits of Bloomington, not far from Ireland Grove Road and at the origin of Kickapoo Creek, are 85 acres of restored prairie…