After being closed for half a year, the trails at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat are again open, and spring migrants are arriving. On our first foray around the ponds since the closure, we watched ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) – A popular fishing pond in Hutchinson will not be stocking trout next month like they usually do, as the Dillon Nature Center Pond is at the lowest level it’s been in years.

A small pond at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve took months to complete but its now drawing animals large and small. The pond is located near the historic barn at the Preserve and was made possible ...

Fern, a spotted salamander, takes Nature Cat and his friends to a vernal pond. While playing in the woods, Nature Cat and his pals come across Fern, a spotted salamander who just so happens to be ...

Hummingbirds buzzed in the honeysuckles, a pelican and a heron flew overhead, and mourning doves cooed from cottonwood trees when we visited Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge last month. Blooming ...

Apr. 25—Each spring, usually during April, my walking takes me on a route where I visit about 10 vernal ponds. Often called "vernal pools," they tend to be small and shallow and show up in spring.

It has been cold enough, finally, for ice to start forming on our local lakes and ponds. Ice has been accumulating along the edge of our river and almost spanned it before the recent warm, rainy ...