Outdoors

Families harvest Halloween fun at Riley Lake Park

Steve Silverman • October 14, 2025

Families celebrated fall at Eden Prairie’s Harvest to Halloween with pumpkin decorating, treats, inflatables, and historic home tours.

Born to roam: Why the American bison still reigns supreme

Stan Tekiela • October 13, 2025

Naturalist Stan Tekiela explores the power, history, and conservation success of the American bison, America’s iconic national mammal.

Prairie dogs and the rivets of biodiversity

Stan Tekiela • September 29, 2025

Prairie dogs are keystone species, the rivets of grassland ecosystems. Their survival shows why biodiversity is vital to nature’s balance.

EP Public Lands Day event is part of Minnesota Master Naturalist program

Jody Carey • September 25, 2025

Master Naturalists will help inventory trees around Neill Lake on Saturday. People can receive Master Naturalist training through the University of Minnesota Extension.

Bird migration still defies easy landing

Stan Tekiela • September 15, 2025

Stan Tekiela examines bird migration, from early myths to modern tracking tools, showing its enduring mysteries and remarkable complexity.

Have a true plant-to-plate experience at Farm at the Arb

Lynette Kalsnes • September 5, 2025

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s Field Fest and Summer Fun at the Farm connect visitors to gardening, farming traditions and plant-to-plate experiences.

Insects keep the soundtrack of late summer alive

Stan Tekiela • September 3, 2025

Stan Tekiela explains how katydids, crickets and other insects create the late-summer chorus that fills warm nights with sound.

Storms fade, art takes the stage at Purgatory Creek Park

Hayden Koughan • August 20, 2025

Arts in the Park filled Purgatory Creek Park in Eden Prairie with color, food, music and community after storms delayed the annual event.

Why bird names ruffle feathers

Stan Tekiela • August 18, 2025

Naturalist Stan Tekiela explores the curious origins of bird names, from red-winged blackbirds to blue-footed boobies in the Galápagos.

Galapagos tortoises take life slow and steady

Stan Tekiela • August 11, 2025

Naturalist Stan Tekiela explains the key differences between turtles and Galapagos tortoises, sharing facts, photos and insights from the islands.

Big buzz in a small Eden Prairie garden

Jeff Strate • August 5, 2025

Watch bumblebees, butterflies and hover flies in an Eden Prairie garden, set to wind chimes and robin song.

Eden Prairie brothers’ Fish Hut nonprofit expands youth fishing access

Joanna Werch Takes • July 29, 2025

Feel like going fishing? A pair of Eden Prairie brothers want to make it easy.  Vick Tan, who is entering his junior year at Eden Prairie High School, and his brother William, an incoming freshman,...