Dr. James Trager, a retired restoration biologist who works with Shaw Nature Reserve and the Missouri Prairie Foundation, holds up the leaf of a rose verbena, a type of trailing wildflower, for hikers ...
As we welcome the warm weather and an overdue spring, there is an optimistic feeling from Mother Nature. Everything seems to be awakening to the promise of new growth and a new beginning. It is a ...
A droplet is pictured on moss. Photo by Taylor Brennan When the long winter months come to its final days, we all desperately search for any signs that will bring a break from nature’s cold darkness.