Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams talks with Jamie Baum and Tyrone Washington about research into muscle growth and recovery.

The Cave Springs community will again gather at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership sanctuary to celebrate the second annual Bats and Bluegrass Festival Saturday, July 19. The event will feature live bluegrass music from The Sons of Otis Malone, food trucks, educational activities, hikes and, of course, bats.

Ben Runkle discussing the pros and cons of adding rish to rice ponds to create winter crop for rice farmers.

Fayetteville's Urban Forster John Scott joins Ozarks At Large's Jack Travis to discuss a new digital tool from the city's GIS system that enables people to forage for food around town.

Becca Martin-Brown returns to discuss modern events with a deeper history with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams. This week, they speak with Whitney Selk, senior program manager of the nonprofit Peel Compton Foundation, about Osage Park in Bentonville and how residents can engage with nature in this unique space.

When severe weather comes through, it’s critical to have as many vantage points on the storm as possible. Meteorologists depend on radars and scientific data, but they also have literal eyes on the ground helping them out.

Congress established the Endangered Species Act in 1973. The law has changed occasionally over the past five decades, and the Trump Administration proposed further changes last month. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis contacted Terri Lane, director of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation, to learn more about conservation, how different parties work together to protect endangered species and how this proposed change would affect their outcomes.

Andy Alverson visited the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to discuss the importance of the National Science Foundation and how he, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Arkansas, has interacted with it throughout his career.

Fayetteville Public Schools will undergo a shakeup in the coming years, including the construction of a new junior high campus. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis has more.

A recent study has shown that microplastics are contaminating freshwater streams, harming both the water and the organisms living within.