This year’s citizen science event, July 8, is when participants fan out to find bugs, plants, fungi and more. Participants in a past BioBlitz in the Sax-Zim Bog verify different sedges near Stone Lake ...

MEADOWLANDS — When most people think of birding in the Sax-Zim Bog, they probably think of parking along a gravel road, looking for great gray owls or other winter visitors and trying to dodge traffic ...

MEADOWLANDS, Minn.– Over the years, Sax Zim Bog out in Meadowlands has captured the hearts of countless nature enthusiasts. One of their most famous landmarks is going through what staff is calling a ...

Summer is almost underway and so is much of the programing for the Sax-Zim Bog. The bog is located in an area that used to be a glacial lake millions of years ago. It’s a huge hub for biodiversity. So ...

FORBES, Minn. - It was a fairytale in the Sax-Zim bog on Wednesday, Oct. 17. A beautiful solitude held still, with rolling mounds of moss and vegetation snuggled into the ground. Shooting out of the ...

Post Bulletin columnist John Weiss recently visited Sax-Zim Bog, near Virginia, Minn., for the first time. He was uninspired at first glance, but greatly rewarded for his patience. A boreal chickadee ...

Back in the day, birding the bog was a hobby of solitude. Naturalist Mark "Sparky'' Stensaas, founder of the nonprofit Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, said he rarely saw other people wearing binoculars in ...

The Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center re-opened for the winter on Sunday, December 1. The center, located in Toivola, Minnesota, allows people to talk to a naturalist, warm up by the stoves, shop, use the ...

Sax-Zim Bog located in Saint Louis County features natural phenomenon spanning from prime owl watching, to the occasional view of Northern Lights. Clinton Dexter-Nienhaus, Head naturalist at the Bog, ...

MEADOWLANDS, MINN. — Upon being married in Duluth in 1903, Solomon Saxe promptly departed for a three-week honeymoon in Germany. A successful businessman in Eveleth, Minn., Saxe owned considerable ...

MEADOWLANDS, Minn. — Spring, summer and fall offer ample opportunity for those who find special interest in watching birds. Winter, however, is the season that separates most casual backyard birders ...