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Inside this gumball-sized sphere, a goldenrod gall fly larva will spend the winter in diapause- insects' version of hibernation. Photo by Chris Gingrich

Good Natured: Goldenrod Galls

Longtime Good Natured readers might recall an old column (a 6-year-ol...

Mature Cooper's hawks are blue-gray above with orangish bars across the breast and a prominent 'Cooper's cap' of darker feathers on top of the head. Photo by Larry Lenard.

Good Natured: Cooper's Hawk

If you're sitting down to a turkey dinner this week, count yourself i...

Timing is everything! This unique photo depicts a red-tailed hawk's nictitating membrane, or third eyelid, as it passes horizontally across the eye. Credit: R Lolli Morrow

Good Natured: Nictitating Membranes A.KA. Third Eyelids

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The Kane County Certified Naturalist program attracts adult learners from all walks of life.

Good Natured: Kane County Certified Naturalist Program

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Some Kane County communities have established new Trick or Treating hours this year.

Hours for Trick or Treating in Kane County

Kane County communities are gearing up for Halloween, and some have c...

Jack-o'-lantern mushrooms have many fine qualities, but edibility isn't one of them. While not deadly, the symptoms it induces are described as 'making one wish they were dead.' Photo credit: Louis Vannatta.

Good Natured: Jack-o'-Lantern Mushroom

With Halloween just around the corner, it seems fitting that we turn ...

Polyphemus caterpillars- as well as the caterpillars of many other moth and butterfly species- spend the winter among downed leaves- a great reason to "leave the leaves" until warm temperatures return.

Good Natured: Caterpillar Discoveries

On the surface, it might seem as though a polyphemus caterpillar's da...

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced multiple Kane County infrastructure projects totaling more than $177 million.

IDOT Announces Multiple Kane County Capital Projects to Improve Infrastructure

Entering Year Five of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Tr...

Icarus the red-tailed hawk, rendered flightless and nearly featherless by a landfill flame, today is fully recovered and flying free. Photo credit: Cheryl Smith

Good Natured: Icarus the Red-Tailed Hawk Recovers

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade...

This Monday, Columbus Day, marks 45 years that Arthur the ornate box turtle has lived as a pet. His longevity, as well as improved conservation laws prohibiting the capture of other wild turtles, are worth celebrating.

Good Natured: Ornate Box Turtles

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There are many ways to celebrate the spooktacular season in Kane County

Haunted Happenings in Kane County

There are many ways to enjoy the Halloween and fall season...

Kane County is among the top 10 pumpkin-producing counties in Illinois.

Pumpkins in Kane County

In Illinois, pumpkins reign supreme...

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