Blog
Guided by the Light
by Connie O'Connor, Director of Applied Learning Once upon a time, 200,000 years ago, the only source of light for Homo sapiens was the sun. We evolved to be diurnal, which means active during the day. The sun
Urban Container Gardening for Wildlife
By Montana Scott, Environmental Interpretation Fellow It’s a warm, sunny afternoon and a monarch butterfly lands on a purple coneflower. Next to it, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers, sipping from the bright red
Foraging 101: How to Eat Truly Local
By Jason Neumann, Public Programs Manager It’s June and the larger-than-your-face, white umbrella-shaped blooms of American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) burst from the greenery, seemingly out of nowhere.
The Sorta Social Bee
by Cassie Barnes, Digital Communications Specialist Honey bees are well known as social bees, living together in hives with complex social structures and roles. And then you have the solitary bees, like mason bees,
In Search of Facts
by Mark Lacy, Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist and Cincinnati Nature Center Volunteer If you're like me, keeping up with the latest environmental news, trying to learn what that news is really telling me, and
A New (to Us) Firefly
Introduction by Anne Horne, Public Engagement Manager We found a new firefly species at Rowe Woods (at least new to all of us). It all happened when we changed our route during our firefly hike training due to a