Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do

MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do

How do birds, such as the horned lark, keep their thin, exposed legs from freezing? Arteries carrying warm blood from the heart run parallel to, and warm, the cooled blood...

MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do

How do birds, such as the horned lark, keep their thin, exposed legs from freezing? Arteries carrying warm blood from the heart run parallel to, and warm, the cooled blood...

A panoramic, vast wet meadow in full bloom with golden plumes of giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) accented by purple plumes of spotted joe-pye weed (Eupatoriadelphus maculatus ). Photo taken in Riceville, Howard County, Iowa, USA.

MWC Eco-brief: Little gems of Iowa's prairies a...

Little gems of Iowa's prairies and wetlands are tucked away on private lands. What a glorious sight it must have been for the early pioneers to see the blooming wildflowers...

MWC Eco-brief: Little gems of Iowa's prairies a...

Little gems of Iowa's prairies and wetlands are tucked away on private lands. What a glorious sight it must have been for the early pioneers to see the blooming wildflowers...

MWC Eco-Brief: Compassplant

MWC Eco-Brief: Compassplant

Aligning its leaves north to south, thus reducing direct sunlight on a hot summers day on the prairie, is how compassplant got its name.  

MWC Eco-Brief: Compassplant

Aligning its leaves north to south, thus reducing direct sunlight on a hot summers day on the prairie, is how compassplant got its name.