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Rabies Tag

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...
Meet Molly!

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 ...
Meet Jelly!

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...
Meet Granger!

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...
Meet Jerri!

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

​“A dog is not a thing...
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...
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