nature

Could whale baleen filter microplastics out of water like they filter plankton? What if microbes could be engineered to create a plastic alternative? Scientists are asking these questions in St. Louis labs.

It’s Our Wild Nature is working on restoring their land by the Hinkson Creek River to its natural, pre-colonial state.

Armadillos and other animals who have moved into Missouri find themselves looking for a habitable area and facing an age-old conundrum.

The holiday season is evergreen trees’ time to shine. But one tree — the eastern redcedar — has come to be considered a nuisance as it spreads across the Great Plains.

Reading, writing, and arithmetic - we’ve all heard the old adages about learning and education, but for some - the best way to learn is just taking a step outside. KBIA’s Alex Cox has the story of how one Columbia area school is bringing their classroom outdoors.

The research behind the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing modality was inspired by a walk in the park in 1987. Now, trauma victims use bilateral stimulation to ground themselves and reprocess their distressing memories, whether in a therapy session or out on a trail.

As the saying goes, sometimes nature and fresh air can be the best medicine.Steve Buback is a natural history biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation and spends most of his day outdoors – dealing with various rare plants, insects and birds.He spoke about how exposure to nature can impact people’s mental and physical health, and a little bit about how the pandemic has shifted some people’s relationship with the outdoors.

Missourians who are moving outdoors as the weather should keep their eyes open for snakes.Sam Stewart, a naturalist with the Runge Nature Center in…

On an overcast Saturday morning, the weekend after Halloween a group of some 30 people gathered at one of St. Louis’s oldest cemeteries. Bellefontaine…

Fall is a season we typically associate with changing leaves, cooling temperatures, and the natural world beginning to quiet down before the long, dormant…