The opossum is homely but remarkable. It’s mostly grayish-white, with dark legs, a pointy snout and hairless ears. ...
The fisher is a member of the weasel family. It was nearly eradicated by early settlers, but has made a strong comebac ...
The pileated woodpecker is quite large (crow-sized) making it easy to distinguish from our other resident tree tappers. ...
What do fish do under the ice all winter? Is the phrase “go to sleep with the fishes” based on fact? Fish have d ...
Move over reindeer! There are other animals celebrated around the world at Christmastime! In some Latino cultures, t ...
There are over two dozen kinds of porcupines across the globe, but the North American porcupine is the only species livi ...
Many animal species congregate into groups of their own kind. There are different reasons why they do this. One purpose ...
Like neighborhood kids dressed up as someone or something else on Halloween, there are wild creatures that practice the ...
It’s almost Halloween… a perfect time to learn how owls have been steeped in superstition and folklore around the wo ...
The little wood frog burrows down beneath leaf litter on the forest floor as the cold weather arrives. There, it enters ...
