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Also known as River Bugs, caddisflies periodically emerge en masse from the Fox River and its tributaries. Their larvae live underwater for up to a year, and frequently are used as indicators of aquatic ecosystem health.

Good Natured: The Caddisflies

Anyone who's spent time along the Fox River, either in it, near it or...

Meet Captain Picard

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

“Dogs own space and cats own time...

Mother Nature makes it best: A ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) samples the nectar at a butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) also known as butterflyweed. Photo Credit: Karel Bock/iStock

Good Natured: Hummingbirds Part 2

Last week we explored how the tiny winged jewels we know as hummingbi...

Itsy bitsy and flitty, with iridescent plumage that flashes emerald in the sun, hummingbirds shine like winged jewels among our local feathered friends

Good Natured: Hummingbirds

We have a few birds in our area that even nonbirders consider unmista...

Lily is Available for Adoption at Kane County Animal Control

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

Cats are funny creatures, really...

Not flashy but fascinating just the same, diurnal fireflies fly during the daytime and inhabit moist fields and woodlands throughout our area.

Good Natured: Daytime Fireflies

Last week we took a Good-Natured look at fireflies, those flashy star...

The Kane County Fair is back for its 154th year.

Kane County Fair Returns for 154th Year!

Save the date for the 154th Kane County Fair and Festival July 1...

At night male fireflies take to the air while females watch from prominent posts, but during the daytime both sexes rest amid foliage.

Good Natured: The Firefly

Enchanting...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

He's short, low to the ground and absolutely adorable...

Perched in a silver maple, a male catbird pauses in between long phrases of song.

Good Natured: The Long Songs of the Catbirds

I sure do love to sing...

'Bobbi,' an Andrena, or mining bee, took the long way home (another great road trip song!) the other day while out foraging for pollen and nectar.

Good Natured: Bobbi the Bee

Gosh I love a good road trip...

U.S. Forest Service To Treat For Spongy Moth in Kane County Communities

Five communities in Kane County are among the northern Illinois loca...

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