The Great Outdoors

A mink bounded across the road in front of my older daughter and plunged into the marsh at the edge

Instead of working on the frontline at state parks these days, interpretive naturalists are working online. As a result, at-home

Winter in Indiana is finally winding down, and little bits of spring are budding everywhere. The best way to banish

The hoya, or wax plant, has been sold as a house plant for many years but was not familiar to

Containers for plants have continued to grow in both choices available and interest shown in them by consumers. They play

A friend told me a few days ago that she thought I should write about a mammal. “You’ve written several

It’s a dark and dreary winter day. The sky is gray. The temperature is below freezing by our thermometer. There’s

No matter the season, size of your garden or climate, you can inject homegrown flavor into your meals. Just clear

Dark-eyed juncos and tree sparrows fly back and forth to the bird feeder outside my dining room window every day

George Bird Grinnell, that’ right, George Bird, has been called “America’s Environmental Pioneer.” He had what was described as a

As customers search for those bright spots of color during our gray winter days, they often choose winter-blooming cyclamen plants

Cross those hard-to-buy-for people off your shopping list by giving them a holiday gift pack from the DNR. The DNR

I was driving on a highway through a woodland one cloudy, cold winter day recently. Trees and brush lined the

Even if winter weather has started a little earlier than usual this year in Allen County, it hasn’t caught the

One of the most requested plants for the winter holidays is always the Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera genus or Zygocactus). Many

With our first taste of cold weather, Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control wants to remind residents that they can

The sky is gray. The temperature is near freezing. The wind is raw and leaves are falling from the trees,