Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: Long-distance Darners

MWC Eco-brief: Long-distance Darners

Like monarchs, green darner dragonflies partake in long distance migration over multiple generations. The 1st generation hatches near the Gulf Coast, then migrates north to lay 2nd generation eggs in...

MWC Eco-brief: Long-distance Darners

Like monarchs, green darner dragonflies partake in long distance migration over multiple generations. The 1st generation hatches near the Gulf Coast, then migrates north to lay 2nd generation eggs in...

MWC Eco-briefs: That turtle does what? It breathes through its butt!

MWC Eco-briefs: That turtle does what? It breat...

  Trapped under winter ice, aquatic turtles slow down and collect oxygen in creative ways. They may pump water through a gaped mouth or their hind end, where a dense...

MWC Eco-briefs: That turtle does what? It breat...

  Trapped under winter ice, aquatic turtles slow down and collect oxygen in creative ways. They may pump water through a gaped mouth or their hind end, where a dense...

MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast

MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast

    We all marvel at the beauty and acrobatics of dragonflies and damselflies. Less well known is that years of their life are spent underwater as nymphs; the T-Rex...

MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast

    We all marvel at the beauty and acrobatics of dragonflies and damselflies. Less well known is that years of their life are spent underwater as nymphs; the T-Rex...

MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers

MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers

  Muskrats build huts in standing water by mounding mud and vegetation that is significantly elevated above the water level. A central chamber within the hut is located above the...

MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers

  Muskrats build huts in standing water by mounding mud and vegetation that is significantly elevated above the water level. A central chamber within the hut is located above the...

MWC Eco-brief: Skunk Cabbage on the Scene

MWC Eco-brief: Skunk Cabbage on the Scene

Skunk cabbage occurs in wooded wetlands where it produces yellow speckled maroon flowers in late winter to early spring. This plant can warm itself up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which...

MWC Eco-brief: Skunk Cabbage on the Scene

Skunk cabbage occurs in wooded wetlands where it produces yellow speckled maroon flowers in late winter to early spring. This plant can warm itself up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which...

MWC Eco-brief: One busy mama!

MWC Eco-brief: One busy mama!

Have you watched a pair of Canada geese in amazement as they chaperone an unbelievable number of goslings? Egg dumping, laying eggs in another female's nest, is practiced by Canada...

MWC Eco-brief: One busy mama!

Have you watched a pair of Canada geese in amazement as they chaperone an unbelievable number of goslings? Egg dumping, laying eggs in another female's nest, is practiced by Canada...