by Tony Mancuso | Jan 10, 2020 | Conserving Nature, Illinois Research, Living World
By Vivienne Henning Among the dense shrubbery in a patch of prairieland in central Illinois, a sing-song warbling echoes out from the grass. Partially hidden by the branches of a bush, a bird called the Bell’s vireo energetically chatters its little song. The Bell’s...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 18, 2019 | Living World
One Fish, Two Fish The earliest memories I have of fishing are from photographs of 2-year-old me holding a plastic rod and catching magnetic plastic fish. Click Here By Clarissa Ihssen When at last I was old enough, I would go muskie fishing in the summers with my...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 18, 2019 | Living World
Paradise Regained By Mallory Shaw As my dad and my childhood self descend the bluff, the trees on either side of the road break and we gaze upon the vast expanse of cornfields. A tractor sits crooked, its back wheel sunk deep in the mud. A...
by Tony Mancuso | Jun 6, 2018 | Living World
By Jenna Kurtzweil Bronze looks strange on a bison. I regarded the sculpture before me with a mixture of awe and skepticism as I awaited my parents outside the Prairie State Grill. The restaurant was the first pit stop along my family’s road trip from Illinois to...
by Tony Mancuso | Jun 6, 2018 | Living World
By Emily Luce Credit: Micah Kenfield You are on a hike through an expanse of old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest. As you admire the ancient green canopy overhead, your heart beats in tune with the life that exists here. Suddenly, you stumble upon a rotting log...
by Tony Mancuso | Jun 6, 2018 | Living World
Formicidae Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas faucibus ollis interdum festibulum id ligula porta felis Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet By Zack Fishman I found myself in the kitchen one summer day, planning to grab just one more potato chip....
