nature

Experiencing cabin fever? We have the remedy.

Is the Dunes’ promotion a one-time victory for conservation in Indiana, or the start of a new era of environmental activism in the state?

Waterfalls are rushing in Indiana parks right now.

You can see thousands of the water-loving sandhill cranes from a new state-of-the-art visitor’s center, which overlooks the state’s largest wetlands preserve.

Recently opened or improved nature areas in Brown County you might not have visited yet.

The film starts with a good 10 minutes showing dust swirling prismatically in space. It’s pure and beautiful.

Owen County lets explorers encounter nature in some of its purest forms.

This past winter, our attic became a haven for flying squirrels. These small tree-dwellers, a protected species in Indiana, banged around over our heads for nearly a week before we gave up and called a wildlife-management organization.

Being too concerned about protecting the natural world is like being too concerned about babies. How is it possible to be too concerned?

So beautiful and unusual, they’ll make your heart flutter.

While some Indiana wildflowers can be quite showy, many of the blooms are more subtle than the hybrids bred to turn heads at The Home Depot; loving them is like looking past the prom queen and falling for the girl with glasses who reads poetry.