Kalamazoo Seasons

Swamp Milkweed ( Asclepias incarnata ) is blooming in Kalamazoo.  Its eye-catching clusters of flowers are more vivid than the blossoms o...

Dragonflies are one of summer's most interesting insects.  I don't know much about them and I was surprised to see the number of ...

Slime molds are interesting creatures.  They look enough like a fungus that they have typically been studied by mycologists , who study m...

Best in Tent Camping Michigan Matt Forester 2011 This guidebook is part of a series by Menasha Ridge Press for car campers who want a ...

While I know Kalamazoo has owls, I hardly ever see them. Mostly, I'd guess, because they're active at night. I hadn't thought...

  Grizzly Bears ( Ursus arctos horribilis ) are found in Alaska and Canada with a small population in some northwestern states.  Grizz...

Michigan's rattlesnakes are small and timid compared to their western cousins.  The snake pictured above is a Prairie Rattlesnake ( ...