The American white pelicans have arrived in Baton Rouge.
For over a decade, the flock of majestic birds has been stopping over in Baton Rouge, many of them congregating at the lakes near LSU.
Unlike our resident brown pelicans, the white pelicans spend a few months here before heading back north to nest and breed, said Rob Dobbs, the nongame ornithologist with Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Read the full article by Louisiana Master Naturalist Colette Dean in the Advocate...

​Everyone knows that if it weren't for honeybees, we'd have no honey. But did you know that if it wasn’t for a tiny insect called the chocolate midge, which pollinates cocoa flowers, there would be no chocolate bars?
Or how about this: Fruit flies are essential to medical and biological research experiments, and ants were important to the development of antibiotics.
Local entomologist Luis Santiago-Rosario thinks youngsters need to know why it's important to love bugs.
“They are the most important and diverse animals in the world," Santiago-Rosario said, "and we need to see their beauty and importance." 
Read the full article by Louisiana Master Naturalist Colette Dean in the Advocate...