Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Soon hummingbirds will depart the Ozarks for a long trip south where they will bask in tropical climates for the winter. Plenty of nectar-filled red flowers await them and I often wonder if our counterparts in that part of the…[read further]

In June, Southwest Missouri witnessed a bizarre cloud formation that is still being reviewed by the World Meteorological Society as a potentially new form of cloud. Last year’s windstorm that swept across Kansas and into Missouri and Illinois earned the…[read further]

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has created a fire map using information from NASA satellites to pinpoint wildfires burning anywhere in the world. The system is capable of emailing alerts of a fire’s coordinates and strength to help…[read further]

If you are excited, concerned or just interested in the possibility of returning elk to the Show-Me State, now is the time to express your feelings about the issue.

In July, the Conservation Commission directed the Conservation Department…[read further]

The most beautiful landscape trees are those that are kept neatly trimmed and pruned.  While fall pruning is advised for many trees, the maple tree is one exception.

“Because maple trees bleed sap, it’s best to prune when…[read further]

Humidity, as well as high temperatures, played a big part in the uncomfortable summer of 2010, said a University of Missouri climatologist.

A combination of high humidity and high temperatures results in a high heat index. “This summer…[read further]