Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren’t raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...

On a late-January day in southwest Indiana, Jack Butcher and his Loogootee Lions boarded their team bus. The bus was bound for one of Loogootee's chief rivals, Springs Valley High School, a conference ...

To us “civilized” mammals, some animal behavior can sometimes be construed as downright gruesome. There are behaviors that have been observed by animals in which even the most avid naturalist has been ...

Years ago, on one particular winter walk here at the nature center, we were concentrating on birds. We saw many of the "usual suspects" - chickadees, mourning doves, crows, plus a great horned owl and ...

Last fall, when Ball State University’s football team was running up a long-unbeaten streak, alumnus David Letterman proclaimed frequently on “The Late Showâ that the cardinal – the school’s mascot – ...

Last December, as I was crossing the yard at the nature center, I heard an unusual bird song. It came from a small songbird perched near the top of an ash tree west of the barn, overlooking a brushy ...