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Icarus the red-tailed hawk, rendered flightless and nearly featherless by a landfill flame, today is fully recovered and flying free. Photo credit: Cheryl Smith

Good Natured: Icarus the Red-Tailed Hawk Recovers

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade...

This Monday, Columbus Day, marks 45 years that Arthur the ornate box turtle has lived as a pet. His longevity, as well as improved conservation laws prohibiting the capture of other wild turtles, are worth celebrating.

Good Natured: Ornate Box Turtles

Okay Good Natured readers, pop quiz...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

“No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and compani...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

“When bored, find a little cat and watch it; when very bored, find tw...

The green darner, Anax junius, is the largest dragonfly in our area. Adults migrate to the warm South in winter; a new generation arrives back here in spring. Photo credit: iStock/mirceax

Good Natured: Migratory Dragonflies

Did you see them...

Preparing Older Adults for Emergencies and Disasters

September 2023 National Preparedness Month

As an older adult, you may specific needs after a disaster...

Kane County Rabies Registration Fees Increasing in 2024

For the first time in three years, the Kane County Board has approved...

Briefly detained in the name of science, this female wolf spider displays a distinctive Lycosidae behavior: carrying her brood upon her back.

Good Natured: Wolf Spiders

We're probably all familiar with the saga of the Itsy Bitsy Spider--h...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week

“Of all the things God created, from sunrises and rainbows, to black ...

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Local Foundation Creates Aquaponics How-To for Students

Tucked away in over 1,000 acres of forest and prairie along the Fox ...

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week / Jelly

“I regard cats as one of the great joys in the world...

The Monkey House was a structure that stood for more than a century in what is now the Hickory Knolls Natural Area.

Good Natured: The Monkey House

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it...

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