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Common sounds may be different in an environment when there is snow cover as compared to when there is not.

Oxbows are U-shaped river bends and can be seen at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt.

Prescribed burnings are one land management strategy to encourage a healthy prairie ecosystem.

The lifecycle and reproduction of mussels are dependent on fish.

Nuclear plants in Iowa have progressively closed since 2013.

A variety of reflections are seen along the relatively still waters of Chichaqua.

Brood III of the periodical cicadas emerged in Iowa in 2014 after 17 years underground.

At the Missouri River flyway near DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge thousands of geese can be seen migrating.

Squirrels use unique body features to help them jump and balance.

Iowa is home to a variety of lichen species.

Farmers Electric Cooperative is using solar panels to help capture solar energy and distribute it to the members of the cooperative. 

The Raccoon River and Des Moines River join together in Des Moines.

Agricultural fields require specific amounts of fertilizer to maintain yields, however forests maintain biomass without the use of additional fertilizers.

Lichens are a partnership between a fungus and an alga. There are two primary ways lichens reproduce: sexually and asexually

In 2019, midwest governors asked the U.S. Corps of Engineers to change flood management priorities.

A West Des Moines Public Services staff member explains their anti-ice spray and mixing system.

Acoustic ecology is a field that studies the relationship between sound, living things, and their environment.