How to keep yard safe for wildlife
Once you’ve created a backyard habitat for wildlife, it’s best to let the animals enjoy it without too much disturbance.
U.S. Rabies Surveillance Report, 2021
U.S. Rabies Surveillance Report for 2021, state by state.
Wildlife and rabies: the facts
Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the nervous system of mammals. It’s terrible and deadly. Fortunately, it’s rare, even among wildlife.
How to rescue, care for injured or orphaned urban wildlife
Step-by-step guidelines for rescuing and caring for orphaned or injured wildlife: birds, rabbits, squirrels, opossums, others.
Wildlife on the edge
The 2008 report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) indicates about one in five species is threatened with extinction.
Deciphering scientific classification
Scientific classification is a system used by scientists to classify life into orderly groups. It seems confusing, until you read this.
Yes! Animals have feelings!
Research shows that wild animals are mentally and emotionally complex, capable of experiencing human-like emotions.
All about land snails
Snails are little stealth creatures, living around us mostly unnoticed. Yet, they’re the second highest number of species.
All about earthworms
The lowly earthworm, they’re given such short shrift. We should be celebrating them. They quietly work magic right under our very feet.
In your yard: cockroaches (most are beneficial and stay outdoors)
Cockroaches have been around for more than 300 million years. You may have heard it said they’ll still be here long after humans are extinct!
All about earwigs, curious victims of a baseless myth
An old superstition warns that earwigs crawl into people’s ears and burrow into their brains to lay eggs — the reason they’re called earwigs.
All about flies
Flies have a notorious reputation, but most are helpful pollinators of crops and flowers, and recyclers of plant, animal matter into organic nutrients.
