Brazilian Black Tarantula
If provoked, the Brazilian black tarantula will use its fangs or urticating hairs that cover its abdomen and eject them toward potential attackers.
Accessing public lands; one of your communities greatest assets
Once you decide that you want to spend more quality time outside, you might find yourself wondering where are there other places near you that you go can for a walk or a quiet sit. The answer? Public land! Land gets split into two big over-arching categories: private...
Discovering the cool ecology of Dik-diks in Kenya
In conservation biology, we sometimes refer to “charismatic megafauna.” These are the biggest, cutest, and most popular wildlife species. Think about tigers, pandas, or polar bears. Species like these attract lots of attention in the media, in conservation, and in...
What is a Black Bear Workup? Here is an inside look
Wildlife managers estimate the population size of a wildlife species using many different field methods. Some of these methods include camera trap surveys, hair snares, scat and track counts, mark-recapture surveys, harvest data, GPS collars, and radio telemetry....
Why vultures are essential to human health
Vultures. They’re beautiful, intelligent, and literally save human lives, but they’re so misunderstood. As an educator, when vultures come up in conversation, I’ve heard it all. “They’re ugly”. “They’re disgusting”. “They kill livestock and pets, so I have to shoot...
Building a backyard habitat creates a healthy ecosystem
No matter where you live you can help out animals by building them a backyard habitat. There are people all over the world, each having some sort of green/wild area around them. If we each focus on helping our local ecosystem, the global ecosystem benefits as a whole!...
What is a Steelhead Trout?
Did you ever go fishing at a lake or in a stream and catch a rainbow trout? Maybe you took some home to cook and eat or perhaps you practiced catch and release techniques. Well, these beautiful, speckled fish have a bigger version of themselves – the steelhead trout!...
Golden Lion Tamarin
The golden lion tamarin is named for its bright orange fur framing its face like a lion’s mane. This coloring is the same down the body except the face.
How to get started with beekeeping
In my first bee article, I discussed a bit about how I got into beekeeping. In this second article, I detail the journey into beekeeping and the decisions made along the way. I received a Little Giant bee starter set that included a base, brood box, cover, smoker,...
Healing the wounded earth
I tend to avoid Facebook because if Facebook is anything to go by, then the world is doomed. The environment trashed beyond repair and humanity beyond redemption. That we have no hope ever to undo the damage that we have done to the Earth, for our very efforts to heal...
