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The green darner, Anax junius, is the largest dragonfly in our area. Adults migrate to the warm South in winter; a new generation arrives back here in spring. Photo credit: iStock/mirceax

Good Natured: Migratory Dragonflies

Did you see them...

Preparing Older Adults for Emergencies and Disasters

September 2023 National Preparedness Month

As an older adult, you may specific needs after a disaster...

Kane County Rabies Registration Fees Increasing in 2024

For the first time in three years, the Kane County Board has approved...

Briefly detained in the name of science, this female wolf spider displays a distinctive Lycosidae behavior: carrying her brood upon her back.

Good Natured: Wolf Spiders

We're probably all familiar with the saga of the Itsy Bitsy Spider--h...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

“Of all the things God created, from sunrises and rainbows, to black ...

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Local Foundation Creates Aquaponics How-To for Students

Tucked away in over 1,000 acres of forest and prairie along the Fox ...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week / Jelly

“I regard cats as one of the great joys in the world...

The Monkey House was a structure that stood for more than a century in what is now the Hickory Knolls Natural Area.

Good Natured: The Monkey House

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week / Granger

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're ...

Stoneflies, even the common species, are increasingly hard to find these days. This stonefly nymph was found in Ferson Creek at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.

Good Natured: Stoneflies

It may seem, at first glance, that our Fox River bugs are a pretty ho...

A large mayfly rests next to its freshly cast skin. Mayflies are the only insects that experience a subimago, or sub adult, life stage in which they are winged and capable of flight but not fully mature.

Good Natured: The Mayfly

( Note: This column is the second in a three-part series on the F...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

“A dog is not a thing...

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