The plant: Where I grew up in Connecticut, cattails edged ponds where I’d watch salamanders gliding just under the water’s surface. Each fall, along with dried corn stalks and burnt-orange pumpkins, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You ...

Claim to fame: Cattails are one of the best-known aquatic plants in Missouri and throughout much of North America. These tall, shallow-water plants with their familiar brown cylindrical seed-heads can ...

Domestic cats are common in Leon County. Today’s couch ornament is a far cry from its immediate ancestors which were valued for their pest control skills. These feline predators prowled barns, ...

I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this ...