General Topics

Habitat destruction and overhunting nearly drove the species to extinction, but their populations are on the rise.

Turn back the clock and take a short tour of Missouri’s untouched and diverse natural wonders!

Everything you need to know about these rocky island ecosystems featuring unique flora and fauna.

A general introduction to major butterfly groups, appearances, food plants and habitats in Missouri.

A guide to the physical characteristics, locations, and environmental effects of native and invasive fish of Missouri.

A guide to birds that migrate to Missouri’s freshwater marshes, lakes, ponds, rivers, tundra, fields, and woods.

A guide to common dragonflies and damselflies of Missouri, along with dragonfly anatomy, color, and collecting.

Freshwater mussel history, life cycle, reproduction, biology, habitat, shell characteristics, conservation, and more.

A guide to Orthoptera, an order of insects that includes grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.

Everything you need to know about this 58-acre section of a 4,953-acre state park in southeastern Missouri.

If you live anywhere in the United States, then squirrels are probably an extremely common sight.

A guide to some of the fourteen species of bats currently found in the state of Missouri.