Surprisingly, the Ten Mile Creek Greenway through the heart of west Knoxville can be a good place to find birds.  The Winter Birds WalkA...

Thanks to a generous grant from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters , schools in  Knox   County  can now participate in  Ijams   Nature   Cente...

AS the sun slipped below the horizon to the west and cold air moved in from the river to the north, the Ijams owl prowlers set out to find...

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A warm and fuzzy, wet-nosed thank you goes to all who attended our first Dog Days Event last Saturday. The turnout was great and the fr...

Ijams has a new program animal: a young captive-bred corn snake. We've had it about two months and because of the hands-on care of ou...

Jack O'Lantern mushroom  Just in time for the spooky holiday, educator Sabrina DeVault discovered a Jack O'Lantern mushroom (Omp...

Canoeists on Ijams Quarry Lake Anyone for jelly babies? Well, actually they are not babies but full-grown adults. I expected we...

Mind's Eye Society Knoxville Chapter Left to right Raven Darqhart, Mars Schultz, David Hargis, Louise Conrad and Chris Thorton S...

Blackhaw viburnum, Viburnum prunifolium The  blackhaw viburnum growing at the west end of the Visitor Center is loaded with small fruit...

Thursday, October 13 Ijams Nature Center and the University of Tennessee Press will host a book signing to celebrate the release o...

Saddleback caterpillar, Sibine stimulea Ijams educator Sabrina DeVault found this one on a Alexandria laurel just before Sunday's ...

This has been a good year for migrating hummingbirds. I've recieved several phone calls about large groups (called charms) spending ti...

Sunday, October 2, 9 AM to 3 PM This year our 27th annual  Fall Plant Sale  will feature over 10 local nurseries specializing in herbs, ...

Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Sunday was the Knox County Fall Bird Count. Emily and Than Boves, plus Steven Brinkley and K...

Coyote caught on camera at Ross Marble On Tuesday, September 13, Ijams was pleased to welcome back former AmeriCorps team member, Laur...

Female chestnut-sided warbler in summer plumage Join Emily and Than Boves this Saturday, September 24 for a fall migratory bird walk at ...

Ijams September canoe group The first Ijams guided canoe trip open to the public on Ijams Quarry Lake turned up an oddity, ghostly aqua...

Frostweed, Verbesina virginica Often overlooked because their flowers are "only" white and not something more vivid. This nev...

Hearts a-bustin',   Euonymus americanusis When this shrub blooms in the spring, its flowers are a bit ho-hum. Small, green, incon...