Cattails (Typha latifolia) are the iconic freshwater wetland plant. Where there is fresh water and some sun, there will be ...

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?

Biologists at Voyageurs National Park are counting on the voracious appetite of rodents to help contain a cattail invasion. Several decades ago, cattails with narrow leaves and short, brown flower ...