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Born
to Burn
Its landscape flattened by violent glaciers —
molded by fire for millions of years — the tallgrass
prairie teeters on the edge of extinction. People
have been a scourge to nature; now only people can
save it. By Alex Blumberg.
Gems
of the Bug World
Ecologists find butterflies to be great barometers
of ecosystem quality. "Citizen scientists"
bring home the data. By Jill Riddell.
Encountering
a Prairie
A guest essay by Verie Sandborg.
Making
Friends with Butterflies
By Jill Riddell.
Ray
Schulenberg: Prairie Doc
Red
bat: Camouflaged bug buster
Hoffman
Dam River Rats: Reversing the river of no
return
Prairie
walkingstick: Native grassland dweller
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Rare fern appears, osprey makes remarkable
comeback, Blanding's turtles, and more.
 Our
guide to the best areas of the region —
what to do and see, when to go, where to hike,
bike, canoe, ride horses, watch birds, even
find solitude.
Here's
what's debuting on nature's stage in the Chicago
Wilderness.
Reading
Pictures: Stroking. By Stephen Packard.
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