Cidada-A-Raiders! Photo by  Allison von Gruenigen   Teaching urban children (and their parents) about the wonders of nature is on...

Logperch (Percina caprodes)  If you have ever visited the Ijams exhibit hall, you know that there is one aquarium displaying several ...

How do you have a party and get everyone to attend? Invite an opossum. Educator Peg Beute brought out Alice the Ijams education 'p...

Photo by Stephen Lyn Bales Special thanks to all who attended this year's Meadowlark Music Festival last Saturday. The wea...

Under the shade of a sycamore, Jen Roder talks trees T he  Tennessee Naturalist Program at Ijams  is an ongoing series that introduc...

The third annual Wonder of Hummingbirds Festival is Saturday, August 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Admission: $5, children under six are ...

Wayward Northern Bobwhite photo by Kristy Keel If you grew up on a farm or spent lazy Sunday afternoons visiting your grandparents on...

Special thanks to those who came out this morning for an Ijams Paddle-about Mead's Quarry Lake. The sky was blue, the water was ...

Lilah and Abby learn about caring for a snake from Dr. Louise Conrad Birthday celebrations come in all varieties. Recently, Abby Garr...

Tarantula's molted skin As a reasonably iron-clad rule, all of our education animals are native. But keeping spiders alive longer t...

Beauty Alert: A somewhat rare—certainly hard to find—and exquisitely beautiful native plant is now in bloom at t...

Attention composters! In our opinion, a compost sifter is an absolute must if you’re an avid gardener or generate a lot of compost...