Tagged: Richard King

Study examines life history of Midwestern rattlesnake

Scientists show how climate, geography impact endangered Eastern Massasauga

  • February 14, 2017
Most Midwesterners have never encountered a rattlesnake—but the snakes do indeed exist in these parts, though their numbers are dwindling. While you won’t find them slithering along Chicago’s Michigan Avenue,…

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Prairie state of mind

For NIU students, Nachusa Grasslands is a 3,500-acre living laboratory

  • November 30, 2015
World-renowned for its restoration strategies, the Nachusa Grasslands preserve near Dixon, Ill., just a 45-minute drive from the NIU campus, provides a rare and stunning reminder of what the “Prairie…

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