May 9, 2020
Spring beauty corms were dug up and eaten by Native American children who called them underground “candy.”
Jan 11, 2020
A female praying mantis makes a bad spouse. They behead and eat their husbands as part of their mating ritual.
Dec 20, 2019
Traffic on the Green Bay Trail was heavy—tons heavy—even 12,000 ago. It is believed that Woolly Mammoths used the trail for migration during the Ice Age.
Nov 23, 2019
Before Grubhub and Domino’s, the earlies deliveries on the Green Bay Trail were done by the Post Office. In the beginning of the 1800s the trail was used as a delivery route between Fort Dearborn in Chicago and Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Nov 2, 2019
Prehistoric dragonflies were awesome. Their wing spans could be as large as 2-1/2 feet.
Oct 4, 2019
Oaks are very popular in the small vertebrate world. A mature oak may produce up to 10,000 acorns in a single year. This is a major source of food for over 100 species of vertebrates, which is why it takes so many acorns for even one to germinate and produce another...
