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At a gas station, in the garden, at Clinton Lake " armadillos have lived in Kansas for decades, and you'll be "seeing them more and more'
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (963+ words) Apr 25, 2026 - 3: 25pm A Eudora Police officer escorts an armadillo out of the Kwik Shop parking lot in Eudora on April 20. 2026. Maybe it thought it was a Shell station " this armadillo that Eudora police found in the parking lot of the local…...
A "horrible" and avoidable death: Lone Star Lake resident finds great blue heron entangled in fishing line
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (520+ words) May 26, 2025 - 1: 30pm A great blue heron in Ontario, Canada As Jeff Lewis worked on his dock at Lone Star Lake on Sunday, something half-submerged in the water caught his eye. "I kept looking over there, going "What is that?'" he said....
The first and only public access trail in the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve to open next month
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (1186+ words) Mar 28, 2026 - 11: 36pm People explore the new Rice Woodland trail in the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve. A new public trail at the Rice Woodland in Baldwin City will be opening next month, offering access to a once research-only forest and showcasing the…...
Monarch Watch reflects on study tracking butterflies with solar-powered radio tags
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (855+ words) Mar 14, 2026 - 11: 11pm A monarch butterfly with a tag on its wing perches on a flower head at Monarch Watch's butterfly tagging event at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Monarch Watch is contributing to a comprehensive study of the Monarch butterfly…...
Opinion: If you want to save grassland birds, start with prairie dogs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (474+ words) Mar 13, 2026 - 11: 19pm Boyce is a research ecologist with Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. He published papers on interactions between bison and birds but soon gravitated to the black-tailed prairie dog. Boyce likes an underdog and said, "I was just…...
Haskell educators, activists rally community to protect Wakarusa Wetlands from future development
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1108+ words) Mar 7, 2026 - 10: 33pm Activists and educators with Haskell Indian Nations University hosted an educational forum Saturday, March 7, 2026, calling on the community to defend the Wakarusa Wetlands from future development. Daniel Wildcat said his opposition to a proposed development in the Wakarusa River…...
Opinion: Filling your life with good news
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (799+ words) Feb 10, 2026 - 12: 00am "Where is the good news?" my son asked the other day, the kind of simple question that can only come from a child. He still believes in our essential goodness and still wants to know about humanity's small kindnesses…...
Kansas Department of Agriculture seeking input from ranchers and landowners about grassland conservation
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (227+ words) Nov 24, 2025 - 4: 09pm Wildflowers bloom on a grassland near Manhattan, the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Some trees can be seen in the distance. Keeping trees and shrubs at bay is part of prairie conservation. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking for…...
Opinion: Why prairie dogs deserve a place beside the bison
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (531+ words) Nov 8, 2025 - 11: 32am When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America's largest land mammal. But what I didn't expect was for a rodent to pique…...
Kansas scientists put AI to work in the fight to save the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (929+ words) Aug 21, 2025 - 5: 21pm Wildflowers bloom on a grassland near Manhattan, the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Some trees can be seen in the distance. Keeping trees and shrubs at bay is part of prairie conservation. Kansas State University scientists are enlisting the help…...