Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick

"Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick" is a weekly science column for kids. It's aimed at about a 4th-grade reading level. "Twig" himself is a cartoon walkingstick, a type of insect. He's the voice of the column and appears at the left in the camera-ready version.

The focus of the column is on science, farming, nature and related topics. What's a skunk cabbage? What's 'mad cow disease'? Why do birds sing? What's ellagic acid? Why should we bother to fix up old barns? What's a 'bog-pumper'? And so on. The writer is Kurt Knebusch, (330) 263-3776, knebusch.1@osu.edu.

Smart Stuff columns from the past year are listed below. For earlier columns, please search the news release section of this site.

January 2009

01/05/2009 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Deer Me: Where to Sleep? (for the Week of Jan. 5, 2009)

November 2008

11/30/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Any Reindeer Games? (for the Week of Nov. 30, 2008)

11/23/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Oh, Deer, Where's the Velvet? (for the Week of Nov. 23, 2008)

11/16/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey, Meet Godzilla (for the Week of Nov. 16, 2008)

11/09/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Oy, One More on Osage Oranges (for the Week of Nov. 9, 2008)

11/02/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Osage Orange You Glad to See One? (for the Week of Nov. 2, 2008)

October 2008

10/26/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Osage Can You See? (for the Week of Oct. 26, 2008)

10/19/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey Beard? Weird! (for the Week of Oct. 19, 2008)

10/16/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Now That Would Be a Great Pumpkin (for the Week of Oct. 12, 2008)

September 2008

09/29/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Run, Hamster, Run (for the Week of Oct. 5, 2008)

09/24/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Again with the Recycled Pencils (for the Week of Sept. 28, 2008)

09/19/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dude, What's with the (Recycled) Pencils? (for the Week of Sept. 21, 2008)

09/15/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: The Tree They Make Pencils Out Of (for the Week of Sept. 14, 2008)

09/08/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Spreading Better Butter Words (for the Week of Sept. 7, 2008)

August 2008

08/26/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Send in the Clown Loaches (for the Week of Aug. 31, 2008)

08/21/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Purple Box, Detector Gadget (for the Week of Aug. 24, 2008)

08/13/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Don't Waste That Food Waste, or When Good Things Happen to Bad Doodles (for the Week of Aug. 17, 2008)

June 2008

06/13/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Food Trash and Climate Change, or Don't Flump Muffin Stumps in Dumps (for the Week of June 15, 2008)

06/08/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tree Zapped by Zapping? Prognosis 'Not Great' (for the Week of June 8, 2008)

May 2008

05/29/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tasmanian Devil in Devil of a Pickle (for the Week of June 1, 2008)

05/27/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Polar Bears Threatened? (for the Week of May 25, 2008)

05/19/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Raven 'bout Crows (for the Week of May 18, 2008)

05/11/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Eating (Low-fat, High-carb) (Gag) Slugs (for the Week of May 11, 2008)

05/04/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mononga-how-la? (for the Week of May 4, 2008)

April 2008

04/27/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cuya-who-ga? (for the Week of April 27, 2008)

04/20/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Susque-whatta? (Plus a New Reader Contest!) (for the Week of April 20, 2008)

04/13/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hedgehogs Got Milk? (for the Week of April 13, 2008)

04/03/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Worm Do Do Doo, Worm Da Da Da (for the Week of April 6, 2008)

March 2008

03/28/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chucks with Gnarly Choppers! (for the Week of March 30, 2008)

03/23/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hypothetical Groundhog/Whistlepig Food-snarfing and/or Projectile-projecting (for the Week of March 23, 2008)

03/14/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Barrel o' Rain, Barrel o' Fun (for the Week of March 16, 2008)

03/09/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Kinda Clammy! (for the Week of March 9, 2008)

03/02/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: New Fuels? Cool! (for the Week of March 2, 2008)

February 2008

02/24/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: E-cars Cleaner, Cheaper? (for the Week of Feb. 24, 2008)

02/17/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: E-cars Go! (for the Week of Feb. 17, 2008)

02/10/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dung Paper Comes Up Smelling Like Roses or At Least Not Like Partly Digested Roses (for the Week of Feb. 10, 2008)

02/03/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Stink? Smell a Winner! (for the Week of Feb. 3, 2008)

January 2008

01/27/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Manure, Write On! (for the Week of Jan. 27, 2008)

01/20/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Antarctic Melting? ... Melting? (for the Week of Jan. 20, 2008)

01/16/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Who Else Needs the Arctic? (for the Week of Jan. 13, 2007)

01/09/2008 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: The Polar Bear Question (for the Week of Jan. 6, 2008)

December 2007

12/30/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: About Arctic Shrinkage (for the Week of Dec. 30, 2007)

12/20/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bumbles Bounce, Will Santa Float? (for the Week of Dec. 23, 2007)

12/12/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Jingle Bells, Why Batman Smells (for the Week of Dec. 16, 2007)

November 2007

11/29/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Can the Grandma Not Get Run Over By the Reindeer? (for the Week of Dec. 9, 2007)

11/21/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Boubou? Funny Bird Names (for the Week of Dec. 2, 2007)

11/16/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Yellow Belly? Real, Funny (for the Week of Nov. 25, 2007)

11/14/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Oo! Blue Turkeys! (for the Week of Nov. 18, 2007)

11/11/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Smelt It (for the Week of Nov. 11, 2007)

October 2007

10/26/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Locking Deer Antlers (for the Week of Nov. 4, 2007)

10/25/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pacific Trash Vortex (for the Week of Oct. 28, 2007)

10/22/2007 - Meet 'Hairy Blenny': New Book Out for Science-loving Kids

10/21/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Squirrels A-fallin'! (for the Week of Oct. 21, 2007)

10/14/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Science Class Under the Sea (for the Week of Oct. 14, 2007)

10/07/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mountains Into Molehills (for the Week of Oct. 7, 2007)

September 2007

09/27/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dead Tree Standing (for the Week of Sept. 30, 2007)

09/24/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mammoth Effort (for the Week of Sept. 23, 2007)

09/13/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dude, Where's My Mammoth? (Hypotheses 3 and 4) (for the Week of Sept. 16, 2007)

09/05/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dude, Where's My Mammoth? (Hypotheses 1 and 2) (for the Week of Sept. 9, 2007)

August 2007

08/29/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Your Home, Where Giant Buffalo Once Roamed (for the Week of Sept. 2, 2007)

08/26/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Motorcycle Muffins (for the Week of Aug. 26, 2007)

08/19/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Septic Secrets! (for the Week of Aug. 19, 2007)

08/09/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why Katy Doesn't (for the Week of Aug. 12, 2007)

08/05/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: What Katy Did (for the Week of Aug. 5, 2007)

July 2007

07/29/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Giant Tomatoes (for the Week of July 29, 2007)

07/19/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: 'Rik!' Sting! Yow! (for the Week of July 22, 2007)

07/13/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: To Be in Clover (or Not to Bee) (for the Week of July 15, 2007)

07/08/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wet, Wild Fish Sounds (for the Week of July 8, 2007)

07/01/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: People-sized Penguins (for the Week of July 1, 2007)

June 2007

06/22/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tire Taters! (for the Week of June 24, 2007)

06/13/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: The Gift of Pbbbbbt! (for the Week of June 17, 2007)

06/06/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Build Your Own Bee House (for the Week of June 10, 2007)

May 2007

05/24/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bee Good! But Why? (for the Week of June 3, 2007)

05/23/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Native Bee Team (for the Week of May 27, 2007)

05/14/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Someone Cut the Grass (for the Week of May 20, 2007)

05/04/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: When, Why Geese Act Crazy (for the Week of May 13, 2007)

05/01/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: When Raccoons Want Your Corn (for the Week of May 6, 2007)

April 2007

04/23/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chub? What it is (for the Week of April 29, 2007)

04/15/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Energy Vampire! Boo! (for the Week of April 22, 2007)

04/10/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dandy, Yes, But Not Before Bed (for the Week of April 15, 2007)

04/02/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Do Skunks Spray Other Skunks? (for the Week of April 8, 2007)

March 2007

03/23/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ranking Skunk Species (for the Week of April 1, 2007)

03/15/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Anti-skunk-spray Reek-remover! (for the Week of March 25, 2007)

03/12/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Does Tomato Juice Stop Skunk Stink? (for the Week of March 18, 2007)

03/05/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Non-maple Tree Syrup (for the Week of March 11, 2007)

February 2007

02/27/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Great Big Squid Word (for the Week of March 4, 2007)

02/16/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ode to the Otolith (with Drums and Grunts) (for the Week of Feb. 25, 2007)

02/15/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Stuck (or Not) on Porcupines (for the Week of Feb. 18, 2007)

02/02/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: How to Stop Another Katrina (for the Week of Feb. 11, 2007)

January 2007

01/29/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: People Behind Climate Change? (for the Week of Feb. 4, 2007)

01/24/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Blargh of the Albatross (for the Week of Jan. 28, 2007)

01/19/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hey, Bu'b! Save Dough! Cut Gas! (for the Week of Jan. 21, 2007)

01/09/2007 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Kilimanjaro Snow No Mo'? (for the Week of Jan. 14, 2007)

December 2006

12/21/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick (for the Week of Jan. 7, 2007): Warmer Winters, Sooner Weevils

12/15/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Horse Meat, Yay or Neigh? (for the Week of Dec. 31, 2006)

September 2006

09/17/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Beef Horse? Beef? Horse? (for the Week of Sept. 17, 2006)

09/10/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why Kissing Fish Kiss (for the Week of Sept. 10, 2006)

09/03/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why Bettas Bubble (for the Week of Sept. 3, 2006)

August 2006

08/27/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Betta Find a Way to Breathe (for the Week of Aug. 27, 2006)

08/20/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bird-bombs Away! (for the Week of Aug. 20, 2006)

08/13/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Bird vs. Little Bird (for the Week of Aug. 13, 2006)

08/06/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: When Not to Look Up at Birds (for the Week of Aug. 6, 2006)

July 2006

07/30/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Meet the (Carrion) Beetles! (for the Week of July 30, 2006)

07/23/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mothra vs. Cecropia (for the Week of July 23, 2006)

07/16/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mosquitoes! (Huh!) What are They Good for? (for the Week of July 16, 2006)

07/09/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Walkingstick Predators (for the Week of July 9, 2006)

07/02/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wetlands and Mosquitoes (for the Week of July 2, 2006)

June 2006

06/25/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: How Long Do Birds Live? (for the Week of June 25, 2006)

06/18/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bio-who-ia? (for the Week of June 18, 2006)

06/11/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Thigmo-what-a-sis? (for the Week of June 11, 2006)

06/04/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Birds That Make You Go Hmm (for the Week of June 4, 2006)

May 2006

05/28/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Splat! Zap! Bird Streamer Flashovers (for the Week of May 28, 2006)

05/21/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Do Crows' (and Other Birds') Toes Ever Tingle? (for the Week of May 21, 200

05/14/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Birds and Lightning (for the Week of May 14, 2006)

05/07/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why Stinkpot Turtles Stink (for the Week of May 7, 2006)

April 2006

04/30/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why Did the Squirrel Lick the Road? (for the Week of April 30, 2006)

04/24/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Sweat Like a Pig (for the Week of April 23, 2006)

04/13/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Soup from a Nest? (for the Week of April 16, 2006)

04/09/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Coyotes in the City (for the Week of April 9, 2006)

04/02/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Falcons in the City (for the Week of April 2, 2006)

March 2006

03/26/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Gracious Swans (for the Week of March 26, 2006)

03/23/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Biomass Fuels (for the Week of March 19, 2006)

03/10/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wind Turbines/Bats (for the Week of March 12, 2006)

03/05/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wind Turbines/Birds (for the Week of March 5, 2006)

February 2006

02/26/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wind Energy (for the Week of Feb. 26, 2006)

02/19/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Solar Energy (for the Week of Feb. 19, 2006)

02/13/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Apollo Alliance (for the Week of Feb. 12, 2006)

02/06/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: What Bears Don't Do During Hibernation (for the Week of Feb. 5, 2006)

02/01/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Danger, Falling Mountain Goats! (for the Week of Jan. 29, 2006)

January 2006

01/22/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tree Kills Beaver! (for the Week of Jan. 22, 2006)

01/15/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ghost Tree (for the Week of Jan. 15, 2006)

01/08/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Giant Ancient Ape (for the Week of Jan. 8, 2006)

01/01/2006 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Gorillas (for the Week of Jan. 1, 2006)

December 2005

12/21/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Narwhal Tusk (for the Week of Dec. 25, 2005)

12/15/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Snowbirds (for the Week of Dec. 18, 2005)

12/11/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Toxic Killer Whales (for the Week of Dec. 11, 2005)

12/04/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Reindeer Noses (for the Week of Dec. 4, 2005)

November 2005

11/27/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Reindeer Clicks (for the Week of Nov. 27, 2005)

11/20/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Calling Birds (for the Week of Nov. 20, 2005)

11/13/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Figgy Pudding (for the Week of Nov. 13, 2005)

11/06/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Katrina and Wetlands (for the Week of Nov. 6, 2005)

October 2005

10/30/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey Giblets (for the Week of Oct. 30, 2005)

10/21/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Homemade Ladybug Trap (for the Week of Oct. 23, 2005)

10/13/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Stinky Ladybugs (for the Week of Oct. 16, 2005)

10/10/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tree-free Paper (for the Week of Oct. 9, 2005)

10/02/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Stinking Buckeyes (for the Week of Oct. 2, 2005)

September 2005

09/11/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Osage an Orange? (for the Week of Sept. 11, 2005)

09/04/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Likin' Lichens (for the Week of Sept. 4, 2005)

August 2005

08/28/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Eft Stamp (for the Week of Aug. 28, 2005)

08/21/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Giant Hogweed (for the Week of Aug. 21, 2005)

08/14/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Flower Bed Barf (for the Week of Aug. 14, 2005)

08/07/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Salamander or Newt? (for the Week of Aug. 7, 2005)

July 2005

07/29/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: True Blue (Pike?) (for the Week of July 31, 2005)

07/24/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Unken Reflex (for the Week of July 24, 2005)

07/10/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hornworms (for the Week of July 10, 2005)

07/03/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: 'Citizen of the Universe' (for the Week of July 3, 2005)

June 2005

06/22/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pig Frog (for the Week of June 26, 2005)

06/19/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Snake Skin (for the Week of June 19, 2005)

06/10/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: A Pleasant Valley (for the Week of June 12, 2005)

06/05/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Treefrog Trill (for the Week of June 5, 2005)

May 2005

05/29/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Spittlebugs (for the Week of May 29, 2005)

05/22/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Toad Warts (for the Week of May 22, 2005)

05/07/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Rhododendrons (for the Week of May 15, 2005)

05/06/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: 'The Universe Around Us' (Rachel Carson) (for the Week of May 8, 2005)

05/01/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bloomin' Crabapples (for the Week of May 1, 2005)

April 2005

04/24/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Edible Dandelion (for the Week of April 24, 2005)

04/17/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Peeping Peepers (for the Week of April 17, 2005)

04/10/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bird Folk Names (for the Week of April 10, 2005)

04/03/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: 'Wild Canary' (for the Week of April 3, 2005)

March 2005

03/27/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Evidence of Climate Change (for the Week of March 27, 2005)

03/20/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Climate Change Problems (for the Week of March 20, 2005)

03/13/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Greenhouse Gases (for the Week of March 13, 2005)

03/06/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Kyoto Treaty (for the Week of March 6, 2005)

February 2005

02/27/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Vomit Holly (for the Week of Feb. 27, 2005)

02/15/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wahoo Bush (for the Week of Feb. 20, 2005)

02/11/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Poisonous Elderberry (for the Week of Feb. 13, 2005)

02/06/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Smell of Elderberries (for the Week of Feb. 6, 2005)

January 2005

01/30/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Name That Robin (for the Week of Jan. 30, 2005)

01/23/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Winter Robins (for the Week of Jan. 23, 2005)

01/14/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Backyard Maple Syrup (for the Week of Jan. 16, 2005)

01/09/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Crane-berries? (for the Week of Jan. 9, 2005)

01/02/2005 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chickadees (for the Week of Jan. 2, 2005)

December 2004

12/22/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Microbes Help Make Sauerkraut (for the Week of Dec. 26, 2004)

12/20/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Rudolph the Red-nosed Evenk? (for the Week of Dec. 19, 2004)

12/12/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick; Pine vs. Spruce (for the Week of Dec. 12, 2004)

12/05/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Poinsettias Aren't Poisonous (for the Week of Dec. 5, 2004)

12/03/2004 - Buckeye Bug's Book Teaches Kids About Science and Nature

November 2004

11/28/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Canaan Firs (for the Week of Nov. 28, 2004)

11/17/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: About Wolverines

11/08/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Are Buckeyes Poisonous?

11/03/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Flowering Kale (for the Week of Nov. 7, 2004)

11/01/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cackling Geese

October 2004

10/24/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hay or Straw?

10/17/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ladybug Trap Plans

10/07/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hedge Apples (for the Week of Oct. 10, 2004)

10/03/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ladybugs in the House (for the Week of Oct. 3, 2004)

September 2004

09/26/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Watersheds (for the Week of Sept. 26, 2004)

09/19/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pumpkin Glop (for the Week of Sept. 19, 2004)

09/12/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Nighthawks (for the Week of Sept. 12, 2004)

August 2004

08/31/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cool! Urohydrosis (for the Week of Sept. 5, 2004)

08/29/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: How Much Corn (for the Week of Aug. 29, 2004)

08/24/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Edible Crabapples (for the Week of Aug. 22, 2004)

08/13/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Gulls? (for the Week of Aug. 15, 2004)

08/12/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pawpaws (for the Week of Aug. 8, 2004)

08/01/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bird Diapers (for the Week of Aug. 1, 2004)

July 2004

07/25/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Carrion Beetles (for the Week of July 25, 2004)

07/18/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Moths (for the Week of July 18, 2004)

07/11/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mosquitoes, What Are They Good For? (for the Week of July 11, 2004)

07/04/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: What Eats Walkingsticks? (for the Week of July 4, 2004)

June 2004

06/27/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: What Eats Mosquitoes? (for the Week of June 27, 2004)

May 2004

05/28/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: City Pigeons (for the Week of June 6, 2004)

05/26/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Orange Cauliflower (for the Week of May 30, 2004)

05/24/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: June Beetles (for the Week of May 23, 2004)

05/23/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Goat Meat (for the Week of May 16, 2004)

05/07/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Birds' Nest Soup (for the Week of May 9, 2004)

05/03/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chicago Parrots (for the Week of May 2, 2004)

April 2004

04/30/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wildland Fires (for the Week of April 25, 2004)

04/21/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Urban Coyotes (for the Week of April 18, 2004)

04/16/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Organic Food (for the Week of April 11, 2004)

March 2004

03/31/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pronghorns (for the Week of April 4, 2004)

03/18/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Squirrel Nest Design (for the Week of March 28, 2004)

03/17/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Circle Hooks (for the Week of March 21, 2004)

03/12/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Peregrine Falcons (for the Week of March 14, 2004)

03/05/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Alien Plants (for the Week of March 7, 2004)

03/01/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Black Squirrels (for the Week of Feb. 29, 2004)

February 2004

02/23/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: A Cafecito Story (for the Week of Feb. 22, 2004)

02/17/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Winter Woods (for the Week of Feb. 1, 2004)

02/17/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Gaviotas (for the Week of Jan. 25, 2004)

02/08/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Where Squirrels Sleep (for the Week of Feb. 15, 2004)

02/07/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Guinea Pigs, and Something You Might Not Want to Know About Them (for the Week of Feb. 8, 2004)

02/02/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Winter Woods (for the Week of Feb. 1, 2004)

January 2004

01/23/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Gaviotas (for the Week of Jan. 25, 2004)

01/15/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hybrid Cars (for the Week of Jan. 18, 2004)

01/13/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Brown Egg, White Egg (for the Week of Jan. 11, 2004)

01/07/2004 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: North American Ashes (for the Week of Jan. 4, 2004)

December 2003

12/20/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Emerald Ash Borer (for the Week of Dec. 28, 2003)

12/19/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Reindeer/Caribou? (for the Week of Dec. 21, 2003)

12/15/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Poinsettias Aren't Poisonous

12/08/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Winter Hummingbirds (for the Week of Dec. 7, 2003)

November 2003

11/28/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Funny Fish Names (for the Week of Nov. 30, 2003)

11/20/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey Trot (for the Week of Nov. 23, 2003)

11/17/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Riparian Zones (for the Week of Nov. 16, 2003)

11/05/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: All-black Woolly Bear? (for the Week of Nov. 9, 2003)

11/03/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Woolly Bear Care (for the Week of Nov. 2, 2003)

October 2003

10/17/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pumpkin Seed Fun (for the Week of Oct. 26, 2003)

10/16/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pumpkinseed Fish (for the Week of Oct. 19, 2003)

10/09/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Asian Ladybugs (for the Week of Oct. 12, 2003)

10/06/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Deer Change Color (for the Week of Oct. 5, 2003)

September 2003

09/25/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Goose ID (for the Week of Sept. 28, 2003)

09/22/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Which Watershed? (for the Week of Sept. 21, 2003)

09/16/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Transformation (for the Week of Sept. 14, 2003)

09/05/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: (Part 4 of 4) Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (for the Week of Sept. 7, 2003)

August 2003

08/23/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: (Part 3 of 4) Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (for the Week of Aug. 31, 2003)

08/22/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: (Part 2 of 4) Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (for the Week of Aug. 24, 2003)

08/21/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: (Part 1 of 4) Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (for the Week of Aug. 17, 2003)

08/08/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ocean Fish Decline (for the Week of Aug. 10, 2003)

July 2003

07/30/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Woolly Aphids (for the Week of Aug. 4, 2003)

07/27/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Extinction Rate (for the Week of July 27, 2003)

07/11/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: John Muir (for the Week of July 13, 2003)

07/08/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Firefly 'Talk' (for the Week of July 6, 2003)

June 2003

06/26/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Insect Night Walk Aug. 2 (Extra for the Week of June 29, 2003)

06/25/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Fireflies Falling? (for the Week of June 29, 2003)

06/25/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Firefly or Lightning Bug? (for the Week of June 22, 2003)

06/15/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Are Strawberries Berries? (for the Week of June 15, 2003)

May 2003

05/23/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: No-till (for the Week of June 8, 2003)

05/21/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hippology (for the Week of June 1, 2003)

05/20/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Garden of Eden? (for the Week of May 25, 2003)

05/16/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Meadowlarks (for the Week of May 18, 2003)

05/10/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: BioHio (Extra for the Week of May 11, 2003)

05/09/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Spring Peepers (for the Week of May 11, 2003)

April 2003

04/16/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Plant Discovery Day (Extra for the Week of April 13, 2003)

04/15/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Depleted Uranium (for the Week of April 13, 2003)

04/08/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Farming in Iraq (for the Week of April 6, 2003)

March 2003

03/30/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Rachel Carson (for the Week of March 30, 2003)

03/17/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Itchy, Scratchy (for the Week of March 23, 2003)

03/11/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cougars in Ohio? (for the Week of March 16, 2003)

03/01/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Great Black Swamp (for the Week of March 9, 2003)

February 2003

02/28/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Lake Erie's Name (for the Week of March 2, 2003)

02/07/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Flying Carp (for the Week of Feb. 23, 2003)

02/06/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Witch Hazel (for the Week of Feb. 16, 2003)

January 2003

01/27/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Blue Pike (for the Week of Feb. 9, 2003)

01/26/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Aldo Leopold (for the Week of Feb. 2, 2003)

01/18/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Stinky Ginkgoes (for the Week of Jan. 26, 2003)

01/17/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Food Circles (for the Week of Jan. 19, 2003)

01/09/2003 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Sick House Finches (for the Week of Jan. 12, 2003)

December 2002

12/21/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Stinking Tofu (for the Week of Jan. 5, 2003)

12/20/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Snow Without Clouds (for the Week of Dec. 29, 2002)

12/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Holly Without Leaves (for the Week of Dec. 22, 2002)

November 2002

11/27/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Christmas Tree Farms (for the Week of Dec. 15, 2002)

11/26/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Canaan Firs (for the Week of Dec. 8, 2002)

11/21/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Are Coconuts Nuts? (for the Week of Dec. 1, 2002)

11/20/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Where Have All the Ladybugs Gone? (for the Week of Nov. 24, 2002)

11/05/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey Snoods and Wattles (for the Week of Nov. 17, 2002)

11/04/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Muscovy Ducks (for the Week of Nov. 10, 2002)

October 2002

10/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Red Turkeys (for the Week of Nov. 3, 2002)

10/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: White Pumpkins (for the Week of Oct. 27, 2002)

10/04/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Do Ladybugs Bite? (for the Week of Oct. 20, 2002)

10/04/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Peshtigo Fire (for the Week of Oct. 13, 2002)

September 2002

09/27/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Fox Up a Tree (for the Week of Oct. 6, 2002)

09/26/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Three Sisters (for the Week of Sept. 29, 2002)

09/10/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Giant Green Caterpillars (for the Week of Sept. 22, 2002)

09/09/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Fly by Night (for the Week of Sept. 15, 2002)

August 2002

08/28/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Buckeye Shrimp? (for the Week of Sept. 8, 2002)

08/27/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Seeds Go Boom! (for the Week of Sept. 1, 2002)

08/09/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Come on Up for the Raisin (for the Week of Aug. 25, 2002)

08/08/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Got Monkeys? (for the Week of Aug. 18, 2002)

July 2002

07/27/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dog Vomit Slime Mold (for the Week of Aug. 11, 2002)

07/26/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Whirligig Beetles (for the Week of Aug. 4, 2002)

07/12/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cuckoo for Cuckoos (for the Week of July 21, 2002)

07/12/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Geocaching (for the Week of July 28, 2002)

07/01/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Right Tree, Right Place (for the Week of July 7, 2002)

07/01/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ladybug Traps (for the Week of July 14, 2002)

June 2002

06/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Gas-less Lawn Mowers (for the Week of June 30, 2002)

06/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Umbrella Magnolia Trees (for the Week of June 23, 2002)

06/03/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Wooster Garden Festival (for the Week of June 16, 2002)

06/03/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Gypsy Moths (for the Week of June 9, 2002)

May 2002

05/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Movie Mistakes (for the Week of June 2, 2002)

05/17/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cottonwood Fuzzies (for the Week of May 26, 2002)

05/03/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dodos (for the Week of May 19, 2002)

05/03/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dog Bites Chicken! (for the Week of May 12, 2002)

April 2002

04/19/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Warblers (for the week of May 5, 2002)

04/18/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Crabapple Trees (for the week of April 28, 2002)

04/04/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Flying squirrels (for the week of April 14, 2002)

04/04/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chicken pox (for the week of April 21, 2002)

March 2002

03/21/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bluebirds of happiness (except to a bug) (for the week of March 31, 2002)

03/21/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Searching for ivory-billed woodpeckers (for the week of April 7, 2002)

03/06/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Purple potatoes (for the week of March 17, 2002)

03/06/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dexter cattle (for the week of March 24, 2002)

February 2002

02/20/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Penguin ducks (for the week of March 3, 2002)

02/20/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Eating dandelions (for the week of March 10, 2002)

02/06/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Sundogs (for the week of Feb. 17, 2002)

02/06/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Vernal pools (for the week of Feb. 24, 2002)

January 2002

01/24/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chicken tractors (for the week of Feb. 3, 2002)

01/24/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Mad about mulch (for the week of Feb. 10, 2002)

01/10/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Other edible eggs (for the week of Jan. 20, 2002)

01/10/2002 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Why we burp (for the week of Jan. 27, 2002)

December 2001

12/21/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Quagga mussels (for the week of Jan. 6, 2002)

12/21/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Building farm ponds (for the week of Jan. 13, 2002)

12/12/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Recycling Christmas trees (for the week of Dec. 23, 2001)

12/12/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: What's a watershed? (for the week of Dec. 30, 2001)

November 2001

11/28/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Poinsettias aren't poisonous (for the week of Dec. 9, 2001)

11/28/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Birds in winter (for the week of Dec. 16, 2001)

11/14/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Asian ladybeetles (for the week of Nov. 25, 2001)

11/14/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pine or spruce? (for the week of Dec. 2, 2001)

October 2001

10/31/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pumpkin glop (for the week of Nov. 11, 2001)

10/31/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Turkey beards (for the week of Nov. 18, 2001)

10/17/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Apple or crabapple? (for the week of Oct. 28, 2001)

10/17/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Johnny Appleseed (for the week of Nov. 4, 2001)

10/02/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Osage orange trees (for the week of Oct. 14, 2001)

10/02/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Round gobies (for the week of Oct. 21, 2001)

September 2001

09/20/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Pygmy goats (for the week of Oct. 7, 2001)

09/18/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Organic farming (for the week of Sept. 30, 2001)

09/06/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Draft horses (for the week of 9-16-01)

09/06/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Composting (for the week of Sept. 23, 2001

August 2001

08/21/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Tree frogs (for the week of Sept. 2, 2001)

08/20/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Large round bales (for the week of Sept. 9, 2001)

08/07/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Grazing cattle (for the week of Aug. 19, 2001)

08/07/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Do butterflies fight? (for the week of Aug. 26, 2001)

July 2001

07/24/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chiggers (for the week of Aug. 5, 2001)

07/24/2001 - Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Alpacas (for the week of Aug. 12, 2001)

07/10/2001 - Smart Stuff: Fish slime (for 7-22-01)

07/10/2001 - Smart Stuff: Turkey vultures (for 7-29-01)

June 2001

06/29/2001 - Smart Stuff: Farming books (for 7-08-01)

06/27/2001 - Smart Stuff: Prairie plants (for 7-15-01)

06/12/2001 - Smart Stuff on Araucana chickens for 6/24/01

06/12/2001 - Smart Stuff on lambs for 07/01/2001