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American paddlefish
Jun 18, 2021 9:00 am56 views
Catching bats for conservation
May 18, 2021 8:45 am0 views
Bowfin
Apr 16, 2021 8:00 am157 views
Channel Catfish
Mar 26, 2021 8:00 am524 views
The last turtle in the prairie
Mar 10, 2021 4:15 pm160 views
Asian carp species
Feb 25, 2021 12:00 pm461 views
Illinois Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS)
Feb 22, 2021 9:00 am186 views
Five reasons to love bats
Oct 30, 2020 9:00 am406 views
Surveying Illinois bridges for bats
Oct 30, 2020 8:30 am335 views
The Annex apparition
Oct 30, 2020 8:00 am205 views
Baby doll heads, bizarre bottles, and other river booty
Oct 30, 2020 8:00 am784 views
Bat hands
Oct 27, 2020 9:00 am68 views
Finding one elusive bird
Oct 16, 2020 8:15 am10 views
Unearthing a fossorial snake
Oct 12, 2020 12:30 pm12 views
It's the season for larval lone star ticks!
Aug 27, 2020 8:00 am6283 views
Investigating mosquito insecticide resistance in Illinois
Aug 20, 2020 9:00 am616 views
Gathering data to save a rare turtle
Aug 13, 2020 9:00 am11 views
Two weeks each month from May to October INHS scientists visit Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area to monitor the wetlands' turtles. They are particularly interested in the endangered Blanding’s turtle.
Light up the night
Aug 8, 2020 9:00 am259 views
Adventure on July 21, 2020
Jul 30, 2020 9:00 am387 views
White lady’s-slipper orchid
Jul 28, 2020 8:00 am847 views
Zooplankton
Jul 17, 2020 10:00 am254 views
Eastern musk turtle
Jul 14, 2020 11:00 am390 views
Learn about the eastern musk turtle, a small turtle native to much of eastern North America.
Tadpole madtom
Jul 10, 2020 8:00 am613 views
Redspotted sunfish
Jul 3, 2020 8:00 am397 views
Smallmouth buffalo
Jun 26, 2020 8:00 am813 views
Freshwater drum
Jun 18, 2020 9:00 am1139 views
Watersnakes
Jun 1, 2020 8:00 am6948 views
Red swamp crayfish
Apr 23, 2020 8:00 am1172 views
Spiny softshell turtle
Apr 14, 2020 8:00 am1390 views
Shorthead redhorse
Apr 10, 2020 12:00 pm861 views
Bloodroot
Apr 8, 2020 9:00 am856 views
Twinleaf
Apr 7, 2020 9:00 am176 views
Flathead catfish
Apr 3, 2020 9:00 am1971 views
Spring ephemeral butterflies
Mar 28, 2020 9:00 am660 views
Northern Hog Sucker
Mar 8, 2020 9:00 am993 views
Pumpkinseed
Feb 28, 2020 9:00 am1073 views
Bowfin
Feb 21, 2020 9:00 am5017 views
The #fightingillini sawfly, 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪
Feb 12, 2020 10:00 am89 views
Little bluestem
Oct 12, 2019 9:00 am1907 views
A Rare Stray
Oct 26, 2018 1:00 pm525 views
Illinois Spring Bird Count: 47 Years and Counting
May 5, 2018 9:00 am535 views
Chilly April
Apr 30, 2018 9:00 am450 views
Lungless salamanders in Illinois
Apr 28, 2018 9:00 am246 views
Lady's slipper orchids in Illinois
Apr 16, 2018 9:00 am382 views
Trilliums in Illinois
Apr 13, 2018 9:00 am484 views
Spring wildflowers in Illinois: part 4
Mar 31, 2018 9:00 am46 views
Spring wildflowers in Illinois: part 3
Mar 24, 2018 9:00 am38 views
Spring wildflowers in Illinois: part 2
Mar 17, 2018 9:00 am121 views
Studying the striped bark scorpion
Mar 12, 2018 9:00 am1718 views
Spring wildflowers in Illinois: part 1
Mar 10, 2018 9:00 am101 views