More Hairy than Scary: Tarantula Study

Discover how a massive ancient fish is making a comeback in our big rivers. With a sharklike body, a long snout, and no teeth, Lake Sturgeon live long and travel far and wide. Reports of them spawning in the wild have led to an historic event for MDC Fisheries staff at our Blind Pony Hatchery. Journey underwater in the Osage River, to a spawning site on the Mississippi River and inside the hatchery to see the restoration of a species with a long circle of life in Missouri waters.

Shirley Carpenter has gone where very few have travelled. Up a hacking tower to help feed young bald eaglets. Jeff Cantrell was there during the incubation process and research as a college student. Both helped out during a 10-year program to restore America's iconic bald eagle to nesting and winter population success in Missouri. Watch their story that Shirley describes as the adventure of her lifetime.

Discover 2025 full moons and how nature cycles inspired familiar names from Native American and early European settlers. Along with super moons and total lunar eclipses, find out what you may see and hear each month this year while outdoors. The Sturgeon, Buck, and Beaver moons are wild.