Before crocuses appear, this native plant melts its path into the year, a quiet marker of change in our wetlands and wildlife.

I’ve given up on winter. It seems that nature around me has, too. This past rainy weekend, I ventured into a nearby marsh, wading through knee-high mud under cold, glowering skies that hinted of ...

The groundhogs have had their say, now it's time for the skunks. Skunk cabbages, that is. Another sign of spring in Ohio has been spotted.

Spring is nearly here and with it comes an array of wildflowers so sweet that our winter blues melt away. We look forward to a rainbow of hues bursting from the ground, a magical show that the woods ...

THE SKUNK CABBAGE is a swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring. Named for its distinctive aroma, the skunk cabbage can produce knee-high yellow flowers surrounded by a pallet of watermelon-sized green ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower.

THERE IS NO flower more beautiful than the skunk cabbage — unless it is the skunk cabbage in the snow. This swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring is the first flower to emerge from our dismal winter. A ...

Beyond common favorites like broccoli or lettuce, there's an expansive world of vegetables. And despite the increasing availability of grocery options, many ingredients still retain a strong regional ...