Raccoons are omnivores and can live on almost any food. If you have raccoons in your yard, you may wonder what foods keep bringing them back or what they eat. In this article, I look at what they eat and how to keep them away from your property. Raccoons are true...
Watching some YouTube videos recently on bears, I found that some people left comments asking if bears could climb trees. While most are excellent climbers, not all are. The American black bear is especially fast at climbing, climbing 20 meters in under 10 seconds....
I couldn’t believe how many red foxes I saw on a recent road trip across the state. This made me wonder where else they live. Red foxes live worldwide in Asia, Europe, and North America. They live in diverse climates and habitats, including deserts,...
We are taught from an early age that bears hibernate, but scientists now agree that bears do not fully hibernate through the winter. Bears enter a state of torpor in winter. Torpor is different from hibernation as bears do not lower their body temperature to...
Feeding badgers in your garden will divide opinions as some people love badgers and others don’t want them anywhere near their homes or gardens. Feeding badgers in your garden helps you understand these nocturnal animals’ characteristics and behavior....
I see coyotes around my house all the time and was recently asked by a friend who came to visit what they eat. I told them that coyotes are scavengers and will eat whatever food is around. Coyotes are omnivores, but favor meat. Three-quarters of a coyote’s diet...
