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Julie Zickefoose is known for her beautiful paintings of wildlife, especially birds, for her prose, her blog, her intelligent interpretation of the natural world around us, for saving baby birds and documenting her life in a way that invites all of us to share. Join us today for conversation with author, naturalist and artist Julie Zickefoose.

Julie Zickefoose is known for her beautiful paintings of wildlife, especially birds, for her prose, her blog, her intelligent interpretation of the natural world around us, for saving baby birds and documenting her life in a way that invites all of us to share. Join us today for conversation with author, naturalist and artist Julie Zickefoose.

Ohioans will soon be hearing a somewhat familiar sound, as the Brood X cicada emerges from underground for the first time since 2004.

Some of us get outside year-round. Most of us really get out when the weather turns warm. We take a look at the best daytime nature excursions in Ohio with lifelong naturalist Jim McCormac.

An international nature challenge is coming to Columbus at the end of April.

Life is returning to Ohio woodlands as winter gives way to warmer weather. Creatures that for months slumber underground are now seeking spots to breed in…

The population of monarch butterflies that migrated south to Mexico to hibernate fell 26% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a new report.

A Black sisterhood of hikers in Colorado now has chapters across the U.S. and Canada, and includes other sports. "Being around nature, it's like grounding yourself," a founder says. "That is vital."

Holden Arboretum is still working to repair damages from heavy snowfall and winds in early December, as more severe weather moved through Ohio over Christmas. The Dec. 1 storm damaged roughly 350 trees around the arboretum, said Vice President of Horticulture and Collections Caroline Tait, along with 26 more at the botanical gardens in University Circle. “It’s not something, unfortunately, done and dusted in a day,” Tait said. “Even though the storm was only one day, the impact lasts a bit longer.”

The Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid does best in grassy meadows but that habitat has been largely eradicated for farmland.