If you live anywhere in the United States near marshlands or ponds, the cattail is a summertime staple. Known by science as the Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia), these species of edible plant have ...

I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this ...

Laced throughout the Champlain Valley there are wetlands full of cattails. Beneath the tall grass-like leaves there are thousands of pounds of food and standing above the roots there is a potential ...