Science and Technology
When Japanese beetles invade, they lay waste to plants, trees and bushes to satisfy their voracious appetites. These destructive creatures find almost 300 species of plant quite tasty and the Agricultural Research Services (ARS) estimates the beetles cost $450 million…[read further]
Environment
The upcoming storm season could be more active than usual in Tornado Alley, according to a University of Missouri atmospheric sciences professor.
Tony Lupo, department chair and professor of MU atmospheric science, said that the upcoming weather pattern…[read further]
Nature and Wildlife
Research shows that bobwhite quail numbers across the nation have been in gradual decline since the 1960s, but Oklahoma remains a great holdout for the long-celebrated upland bird.
Despite its location along the western fringe of…[read further]
Backyard
The dead of winter might not seem like an opportune time to trim trees, but that’s exactly when you should consider improving your trees.
University of Missouri faculty took time recently to explain how and why tree farmers…[read further]
Nature and Wildlife
Missouri hunters with venison in their freezers shouldn’t worry, despite the discovery of chronic wasting disease in a captive deer in the northeastern part of the state. So far, no cases of CWD have been found in the Missouri’s free-ranging…[read further]
Outdoor Recreation
Missouri’s paddlefish snagging season likely will get off to a slow start this year, but when the action picks up, anglers will find plenty of legal fish.
Paddlefish season opens March 15 and runs through April 30. Snaggers…[read further]
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