Thanks to trail cameras, there are now documented photographs that mountain lions exist in Nebraska and the mountain lion population is growing in that state. They now have 99 confirmed sightings in Nebraska. The cougars have even been sighted in western Iowa! The article “Mountain lion population growing” in the North Platte Telegraph is very interesting. [...]
Here’s a video of a skunk with a peanut butter jar stuck on it’s head being rescued in Grand Junction, Colorado. The Huffington Post has an informative article about it here. I like happy endings. I’m relieved the skunk was rescued and set free. It makes me wonder if I should be leaving the tops on [...]
This California wolverine needs a mate. This morning I read the article “Calif. wolverine looks in vain for a mate, nearest is 800 miles away” in USA Today, and felt bad for this wolverine. Biologists in California spotted this wolverine in the Sierra mountains. According to the article, the species had been extinct in the state for [...]
An environmental group is asking federal wildlife officials to set aside habitat in Southern California for the endangered jaguar, according to the article “An environmental group wants to bring jaguars back to Southern California and the West” in The Press-Enterprise. As stated in the article, researchers with the Center for Biological Diversity unearthed field notes [...]
I’ve always loved bighorn sheep. They are majestic animals. When I lived in Colorado I saw a male bighorn sheep standing in the middle of the roadway one evening. I stopped my truck and after a few minutes he finally ran off the road into the mountains. I was surprised how calm he was. According [...]
My aunt, a retired elementary school teacher, sent me this cute video of two baby moose with their mother playing in a sprinkler in Anchorage, Alaska. I hope it adds some humor to your day.
I read the article, “Pentagon Making Room for Wildlife at Military Bases“, today in The New York Times. The article points out that as residential development encroaches upon military bases, the Pentagon finds itself in the precarious position of managing habitat and preserving wildlife. “The military has a tremendous interest in keeping candidate species off the [...]
This is a continuation from yesterday’s post about Karen’s mouse-keepers journal. “Mynee and Mo came home with me tonight. Their new home, an aquarium with a screened lid, is on my kitchen table. Leo, the 20 lb. kitty who runs our house, is very intrigued. He has plans other than training them. Fortunately he can’t [...]
Our art director, Karen McDiarmid, is keeping a mouse-keeper’s journal to write about her work with the mice featured in our upcoming new movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie, based on our award-winning children’s book First Snow in the Woods. Karen is sharing her entries with us. Here’s part of the first one, [...]
