Snowy Owls, native to the Arctic and northern Canada, are being seen with more frequency as far south as southern Indiana. A changing climate may be one of the reasons. Wildlife experts observe that as populations increase in the frigid northern climes the owls...

As temperatures plummet into the single digits, people will often seek any silver lining in the cold, cold days and nights. A common theory is that bitter cold winters lead to fewer bugs — pests like gnats and mosquitoes — come summertime. But Tim Gibb, a professor of...

Mark Boyer, a sixth-generation farmer in Miami County, plants corn and wheat crops but also sunflowers. The sunflower byproducts are sold through his Healthy Hoosier Oil as salad dressing and as a protein source for livestock. Boyer would like to diversify by growing...