blog posts A Rare Stray Oct 26, 2018 1:00 pm American paddlefish Jun 18, 2021 9:00 am Learn about the American paddlefish—also called the spoonbill, spoonbill cat, shovelnose cat, and boneless cat—from the INHS Great Rivers Field Station! Adventure on July 21, 2020 Jul 30, 2020 9:00 am A celebration of the turtles at Nachusa Grasslands May 21, 2022 8:00 am Nachusa Grasslands provides important habitat for five different turtle species—the midland painted turtle, common snapping turtle, eastern spiny softshell, ornate box turtle, and Blanding’s turtle. Learn about these cool creatures with this post by INHS Population and Community Ecology Lab doctoral student Devin Edmonds! 60+ years of monitoring large river fishes in Illinois Aug 11, 2022 9:00 am For Outdoor Illinois Journal, INHS scientists Andrya Whitten, Jason DeBoer, and Jim Lamer describe how INHS has been monitoring large-river fishes in Illinois, tracking changes in the Illinois River fish community, water quality and habitat, since 1957.