Of Nebraska’s roughly 1,500 known native plant species, only 31 are ferns.
Conservation
Our Fascinating and Fearless Foxes
The fox pair had protected all of their pups, also called kits, without so much as a scratch and clearly demonstrated how devoted they are as parents.
Man-Made Prairie-Chicken Lek Finds Success
The previous year, Leuenberger had set out to do something conservation professionals say is rare: creating a successful prairie-chicken lek on private property from scratch.
Carp Roundup
Cattle drives and roundups remain a part of everyday life on ranches throughout the Nebraska today. Fish drives, on the hand, are new to the state.
The Not So Plain Plains Onion
Of our state’s six species of native onion, the Plains onion, though small in stature, has the largest, and in my opinion, most elegant flowers.
Reflecting on the Crown-tipped Coral
Two words best describe the bizarrely-shaped coral mushrooms — “really cool.”