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Creature Feature – The Black Rat Snake & Mimicry
October 31, 2019, No Comments

Like neighborhood kids dressed up as someone or something else on Halloween, there are wild creatures that practice the ...

Creature Feature – Owls in Folklore
October 17, 2019, No Comments

It’s almost Halloween… a perfect time to learn how owls have been steeped in superstition and folklore around the wo ...

Mike’s Fish Tank – Pond Fish Indoors
October 17, 2019, No Comments

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about bringing their pond fish inside. Some people start as ear ...

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Creature Feature – Wood Frogs in Winter
October 4, 2019, No Comments

The little wood frog burrows down beneath leaf litter on the forest floor as the cold weather arrives. There, it enters ...

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Creature Feature – The Woolly Bear Caterpillar
September 18, 2019, 2 Comments

This fuzzy orange and black caterpillar is a sure sign of autumn.  It’s actually the larval form of the attractive Is ...

Mike’s Fish Tank – Common Questions
September 18, 2019, No Comments

I want to go over a few things that people ask about a lot. Do not change your ph. It is high in this area but fish will ...

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Creature Feature – Pumpkinseed Sunfish
September 3, 2019, No Comments

This time of year, it seems you can’t go into a coffee shop or candle store without seeing pumpkin latte this or pumpk ...

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Creature Feature – The Mallard Duck
August 21, 2019, No Comments

It can be fun to learn new things about something very familiar. The mallard is a duck that most people can easily recog ...

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Creature Feature – The Bullfrog
July 23, 2019, No Comments

The bullfrog is North America’s largest frog, with a length up to 8”.  It’s mostly green, with patches of darker ...