In this installment of Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions about our state and its culture, we look at parts of Iowa’s history to understand why its landscape looks how it ...

Farmers in the heartland are restoring swaths of the prairie with government help. The aim is to reduce nutrient runoff from ...

A project in Melbourne’s Royal Park has proved city parks and streets can be used as sites for nature repair that help ...

During Native Plant Week, there will be several events and opportunities to learn different ways to incorporate native plants ...

Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) grows throughout the U.S., popping up in sidewalk cracks and turf grass ... plants in your landscape. This competitive plant is most likely to be a problem in your ...

Johnson County community members got hands-on with wildlife Sunday in the first-ever “Wings and Wild Things Festival.” Taking ...

Sikowis Nobiss is the force behind Great Plains Action Society, a nonprofit working to bring land back to Indigenous peoples ...

There are bad thistles, which are exotic species that take over, and good thistles, which are native species that don’t take ...

Each year, states across the Midwest spend millions of dollars to reduce and control invasive Asian carp – which includes ...

Tourists in Nashville can see hundreds of sheep grazing along the Cumberland River, managed by urban sheepherder Zach ...

Explore the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota, a prime birding site with diverse bird species and stunning ...

As the climate changes, genetic engineering will be essential for growing food. But is it creating a race of superweeds?