Weekly Puzzler Answer #36
Last week’s puzzler was about BATS. Here is the answer: Bats are in serious trouble because of a disease called white nose syndrome (WNS.) Since its discovery in a cave in
Weekly Puzzler #35
This week I decided to make the puzzler about an animal we have all seen–an eastern gray squirrel. Do you know much about the habits of these common mammals? For
Nature’s Master Engineer: 10 Things You Might Not Know about Beavers
Most people could probably recognize a beaver from a picture but I wonder how many have ever seen one in the wild. If you are a kayaker or have taken
Weekly Puzzler Answer #26
The answer to last week’s puzzler is a, This deer has antlers. Many people use the words antlers and horns interchangeably, but these two words mean different things. Antlers
What do Black Bears NOT do all winter?
This week’s Creature Feature is the Black Bear, an animal I have gotten to see quite a bit since my Appalachian Trail thru-hike in 2008. During my five month hike
Are Bats Blind?10 Things That Might Surprise You
1. Bats are NOT BLIND! They have eyes and can see just like you or me. They can navigate in total darkness through echolocation–they send out a high-pitched signal through
An Amazing Man Who Has Changed the World for Bats: My Hero, Merlin Tuttle
A person I truly admire is a man named Merlin Tuttle. Have you heard of him? In the 80’s Merlin Tuttle founded an organization called Bat Conservation International (BCI), partly in