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Clones and Caterpillars
by Cory Christopher, Director of Conservation I love pawpaw trees. And it's probably not for the reason you suspect. Among the leaves of this unassuming native tree lives one of my favorite creatures. Hungry and armed
Twenty Years of the Emerald Ash Borer
By Tom Brochu, Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist and Member of the Society of American Foresters As we walk the trails of the Cincinnati Nature Center—or just about anywhere in the Central Hardwoods
Water: Our Essential Resource
by Jeff Corney, Executive Director Ohioans are blessed with an abundance of water. With Ohio’s share of Lake Erie to the north, the Ohio River to the south and east, plus thousands of lakes, streams, rivers,
Guided by the Light
by Connie O'Connor, Director of Applied Learning Once upon a time, 200,000 years ago, the only source of light for Homo sapiens was the sun. We evolved to be diurnal, which means active during the day. The sun
Urban Container Gardening for Wildlife
By Montana Scott, Environmental Interpretation Fellow It’s a warm, sunny afternoon and a monarch butterfly lands on a purple coneflower. Next to it, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers, sipping from the bright red
Foraging 101: How to Eat Truly Local
By Jason Neumann, Public Programs Manager It’s June and the larger-than-your-face, white umbrella-shaped blooms of American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) burst from the greenery, seemingly out of nowhere.