The prothonotary warbler population in Kansas is growing as the birds stop to breed before heading south. Researchers are using electronic trackers to study their movements.
This gray hairstreak butterfly, feeding at a showy partridge pea flower, has its head on top of the wing, with the orange patch at the bottom serving as a decoy so a predator might bite off its tail, not its head.
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Lawrence High School senior Liam Sturm is turning a box of electronics into a prototype he hopes will give residents real-time information about the rivers running through the community.
Outdoors Unscripted has announced the winners of grants that encourage adventurer-artists to explore the open spaces of Douglas County and create artwork in response.
Sometimes summer bird feeders also feed young raccoons who like the high protein found in black sunflower seeds. The heat in coming days moves most mammals to become more nocturnal.
Kansas is on course for its smallest winter wheat harvest since the 1950s because of drought and freezes. A July report shows the state’s farmers are expected to produce almost half the number of bushels they did at the same time last year.
This widow skipper dragonfly, perched on a twig, seems to have had a close call with a predator, as is evidenced by the hole in the upper right wing.
This milkweed tussock moth caterpillar is protected from predators in the same way as monarch butterflies: the cardiac glycosides present in the milkweed sap makes the predator sick.
A new type of wheat dotting Kansas fields has a special use: making pasta. Wheat acres have continuously declined in Kansas. The noodle-focused wheat variety could change that.
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The resounding sentiment from public commenters and board members at Thursday’s sustainability advisory board meeting was that Lawrence needs to be thinking about the environment at every possible level.
