Learn about the time the Iowa Storm Chasing Network chased the 2008 Aplington-Parkersburg EF-5 tornado.

The deep roots of prairie plants take the carbon out of the air and add nutrients to the soil when they die.

Squirrels use unique body features to help them jump and balance.

Iowa is home to a variety of lichen species.

Farmers Electric Cooperative is using solar panels to help capture solar energy and distribute it to the members of the cooperative.

The Raccoon River and Des Moines River join together in Des Moines.

This program in Eastern Iowa supports extending solar power use in the area.

The spittlebug creates a foam that it hides in while it feeds on the sap of a plant.

The male ruffed grouse’s ideal mating habitat is dwindling in Iowa.

The wide ranging geologic diversity across Iowa is shown.

In Iowa, plastic snow fences are often strategically placed in yards and alongside roads to improve road quality in the winter.

Purple loosestrife is an invasive species in Iowa that grows rapidly and impacts wetlands