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Cool Things You Should Know About Crayfish

The facts on crayfish can be amazing. They can regrow legs, carry up to 450 eggs, and they’ve lived in Iowa for 13,000 years.

November 18, 2015

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7 Cool Things You Should Know About Opossums

Opossums may not win a beauty pageant, since these marsupials look similar to oversized rats, but they actually aren’t nearly as gnarly as they appear.

November 12, 2015

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The Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940

Call it a Weather Bomb, Perfect Storm, whatever. By any name, or any way you looked at it, the developing atmospheric brew spelled trouble.

November 10, 2015

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6 Cool Things You Should Know About Coyotes

Coyotes are the most common wild canine species in Iowa, and their ancestors have been here for millions of years.

November 4, 2015

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Why Do Leaves Change Color?

There is much speculation and folklore associated with the spectacular colors Iowans enjoy every fall in our hardwood forests.

October 21, 2015

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Cool Things You Should Know About Bobcats in Iowa

At the brink of being wiped out in Iowa just a few decades ago, the bobcat has staged a major comeback. Here are a few bobcat “secrets”.

October 21, 2015

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Winter Is Coming: Can the Woolly Bear Predict It?

The banded woolly bear, a common caterpillar, is the species that, according to legend, can predict the harshness of the upcoming winter.

October 20, 2015

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Iowa’s Land Before Time: Prehistoric Life Still Around Today

Take a peek into Iowa's prehistoric past with these "living fossils" that still exist in Iowa today.

October 13, 2015

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Cool Things You Should Know About Pheasants

October 9, 2015

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This is What the Fox Says (and Other Cool Things About Foxes)

Foxes live all over the world, and Iowa is home to two of those species. How well do you know them?

October 9, 2015

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Iowa's Sought-after Mystery Fruit: The Pawpaw

Called the “Indiana banana,” “custard apple” and other handles, the pawpaw (Asimina triloba) tree grows through the southeast and lower Midwest.

September 22, 2015

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6 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Raccoons

Whether you call them trash bandits or just ‘coons, most everyone in Iowa has met this prominent Midwest mammal. See how well you know your local masked bandit.

September 22, 2015

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How to Identify Iowa’s Poisonous Plants

“Leaves of three, let it be.” Many of us had this mantra drilled into us as children, and we continue to repeat it when we venture into the woods today.

September 21, 2015

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5 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Otters

While assorted species of otters live on all but two continents, the only species we have in Iowa today is the North American river otter.

September 9, 2015

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11 Extinct Animals You Didn’t Know Were Iowan

As the eons have seen many species come and go across the globe, you may be surprised by some of the species that once called what we now know as Iowa home.

September 9, 2015

News Releases

Cool Things You Should Know About Crayfish

7 Cool Things You Should Know About Opossums

The Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940

6 Cool Things You Should Know About Coyotes

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Cool Things You Should Know About Bobcats in Iowa

Winter Is Coming: Can the Woolly Bear Predict It?

Iowa’s Land Before Time: Prehistoric Life Still Around Today

Cool Things You Should Know About Pheasants

This is What the Fox Says (and Other Cool Things About Foxes)

Iowa's Sought-after Mystery Fruit: The Pawpaw

6 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Raccoons

How to Identify Iowa’s Poisonous Plants

5 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Otters

11 Extinct Animals You Didn’t Know Were Iowan

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