Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the U.S.’s National Bird
Tag: Wildlife
Do Japanese Beetles taste yucky?
Why else does hardly anything seem to want to eat them
Researcher assessing ripple effects of rodent disease
Protecting vital wildlife could also reduce health risks for nature-loving humans
How to read animal tracks in the snow
Animal tracks can tell what the animal was doing, but identifying the tracks can be tricky
Elk thriving in Alberta
Despite increases in predators and hunting success
Do you know what thigmotaxis means? Pinnipeds do it all the time
Here are a few of my favourite words from nature
Who doesn’t want to eat a meadow vole?
Meadow Vole poop is an essential source of nutrients for grasses and other plants where they forage
Why do birds really migrate in the fall?
It isn’t so much to escape the cold but to find enough food to survive
How to be eco-friendly when mowing your lawn
Helping insects survive is more valuable than practically anything else we do to help nature
Canada Jay is the best choice to be our national bird
The Canada jay lives and breeds almost entirely in Canada, is found coast to coast to coast, and is entrenched in our entire history