Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

A falling leaf often catches a poet’s eye, but scientists also wonder about the phenomenon that causes leaves to fall, or abscission in plants. Abscission is the physiological process plants use to separate entire organs, such as leaves, petals, flowers…[more]

Fellowship Program Established to Honor National Geographic Chairman Gilbert M. Grosvenor

Anne Marie Evans, a geography and history teacher at Elko Middle School in Sandston, Va., and Paul Gray, a social studies teacher and department chairman at Russellville…[more]

The place is abuzz with the flight of the bee and alive with the lilting of butterfly wings. It breathes through fleshy green leaves and emits soapy, earthy, minty and citrus-y scents. It has united lovers until death do they…[more]

For many people autumn weather brings a welcomed time of the year. Adding to the pleasure of the season are the vibrant colors displayed in nature. Leaf pigment, the physics of light, weather conditions, plant species, and geography all play…[more]

A bill being sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Maryland, may help ease the way for children across the U.S. to get outdoors and learn more about nature as part of their education process.

The measure, which may be…[more]

“A major league moth flight is coming from corn fields and moving into cotton, soybeans and irrigated grain sorghum fields,” said Dr. Gus Lorenz, extension entomologist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

“We’re finding up to…[more]

Inexpensive passive solar greenhouses heated only by sunlight falling on 55-gallon barrels of water are effective for growing plants year-round, said a University of Missouri Extension specialist.

Heat from sunlight is stored in water-filled barrels during the day…[more]

TROY, Mo.-For 50 years, hunter education has meant attending 10 hours of classroom training. Now, Missourians have a second option - online training plus a field day to give their knowledge a practical test. One family that has tried it…[more]