and the nearest populations are actually in the northwest part of Missouri." There has never been a confirmed sighting of the thirteen-lined ground squirrel in Arkansas. In the early 1900s ...

Olney, Illinois, has taken steps to protect an iconic mammal from domesticated felines, setting a possible model for other places to follow ...

There is a Midwest fruit as sweet as bananas and as fragrant as papayas. If you guessed “pawpaw,” you are correct!