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. …

If you have ever seen a large black bird soaring unsteadily in circles over a highway or farmland, there is a good chance that it …

Years ago, whales evolved from land mammals and shared many of their senses with modern-day land mammals. However, some of their senses are unique, allowing …

There is a common misconception that spiders are insects. We tend to group them in with other “bugs” and “creepy-crawlies” because they have a lot …

You might think that birds and reptiles couldn’t be further different when you compare an alligator lazily sunning itself in Florida against a small songbird …

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 …

With extinction always a threat to animals, I wanted to find out which animals had gone extinct in the last 100 years in North America. …

Not to be confused with the meat-eating carnivorous kind of animal, coniferous wildlife can be found among forests of pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing …

If you have walked past a pond, you may have seen algae on top of the water. Some of it is microscopic but can build …

Shorthand descriptions about flowers were used to pass information about them on to others. These descriptions allowed people to pass on information quickly about where …

The vulture has a bad reputation as an omen of death and disease carriers. Media depictions and stereotypes stop us from seeing the beauty of …

The American alligator is a fearsome and iconic species found in the southeastern waterways of the US. For those that live in these areas, this …