The morning is calm and clear. Probably the coolest time of day, the temperature is in the upper 50s. I walk to the lake to look at this summer scene. A phoebe nesting here is active. Red-eyed vireos ...

Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two ...

Reports of fewer fireflies in recent years have sparked worry for the future of the insect’s population. More sightings this ...

The Illinois River and Kalmiopsis Wilderness can feel like a gigantic place — the mountains and canyons seem to swallow you whole — but it's the small things, a wildflower no bigger than the tip of a ...