Birds’ eggs…Two simple words that once heard conjure immediate thoughts of warm, sunny weather, cheerful whistling songs and industrious parents gathering food for hungry babies. Certainly, birds incubating their eggs are far from our thoughts…
A snowflake’s life begins in a cloud. A cloud is made up of tiny pieces of dust or salt carried into the sky by wind and water vapor put into the air through evaporation. In…
Cult following. It’s really the best way to describe Great Parks’ Winter Hike Series. It consists of a group of die-hard hikers, volunteers and staff who don’t just brave – but embrace – the cold…
Some of my favorite memories of outdoor adventures are remembered through songs learned at different events. Every time I think of “Tough as a pine knot, tall as a Hemlock, we’re the gang from… Miami!”…
Just in time for Halloween, this all-white creepy critter was found in our colony of captive roaches in Sharon Woods. Although Madagascan hissing cockroaches are not native to the U.S., many nature education facilities use…
I did not know Warren Wells, a former Chief Naturalist of the park district, but recently I had the privilege of leading a small group of hikers off into the 40-acre preserve at Winton Woods…
Catfish are an amazing group. Ranging from the tiny candiru of the Amazon, to the 9-foot, 650-pound Mekong giants, they are one of the most diverse and far reaching orders of fish in the world.…
Assessing whether it was time to add lye to the lard boiling over an open fire, I was careful not to get too close while wearing my long petticoat. Determining that it was not time…