Making Ripples
Busy Beavers: Pests or Heroes?
Beavers do it big. They’re the second-largest rodents in the world, after capybaras (a South American relative of the guinea pig).
Leopold’s City Folk: On Birthplace & Conservation
I was raised in many cities, in the fashion of migrating geese whose seasons have been extended into years-long springs and falls, moving across the states.
DIY Candle Recycling
Country Wonders of Iowa makes soy wax candles that are sold here in Northwest Arkansas during the War Eagle Mill fall craft fairs.
Same-sex Couples in Nature
At least 450 species of animals, including dolphins, bonobos, penguins, giraffes, koalas, flamingos, bison, guppies, albatross, bighorn sheep, ostriches, guppies, and yes – butterflies too – have been observed creating same-sex pairings in the wild.
Goat Your Yard
If you’re extremely allergic to poison ivy but love gardening and landscaping, perhaps you should consider “goatscaping,” a term coined by the Enrichmond Foundation of Richmond, Va.
Last Minute Back-to-School Shopping on Block Avenue
Parents don’t want their kids to get hurt, and most parents don’t want to see kids in general get hurt.
Solar Cooking with the All American Sun Oven
August is hot enough to fry an egg. So why not use August to literally fry an egg? Or at least make a quiche. Or roast a chicken.
DIY Squirrel Feeders
If you have a charismatic hungry squirrel in your life, it can be hard (or impossible) to shoo it away from the bird feeders which you lovingly stock with great expense each month.
