Instead of regulating fertilizer, Iowa backs a voluntary program that has little impact.

Since 2000, a small team at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been collecting, cleaning and distributing seeds to reconstruct prairies across the state. One of their longest running partners to help fill orders is Iowa’s Department of Corrections.

An ecologist shares a beginner's guide to the mysterious creatures of the night sky: owls.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said nitrate and nitrite levels in six sections of the Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Raccoon and South Skunk rivers exceed safe drinking water standards and need to be curtailed.

The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University are working together to boost the survival rate of young Blanding's turtles, which are threatened in Iowa.

Voters approved conservation bonds to help fund new trails, support wildlife and improve water quality in Johnson and Story counties. The bonds received nearly 80% of the vote; they needed 60% to pass.

Each year a variety of weather conditions impact the fall color we see across the trees.

With the statewide conservation fund left empty and limits on the budgets of county boards of supervisors, conservation boards want to secure their own sustainable funding for projects to build trails, address water quality and educate the public.

Officials with the Iowa DNR investigated a jellyfish native to China in rural Guthrie County. Meanwhile, Oskaloosa Schools reported a student found the freshwater creatures while fishing in Mahaska County.

Archery hunting season started Oct 1, but with new restrictions in western Iowa. Most counties are seeing increasing restrictions on doe harvest, with some counties not allowing any.