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A baby porcupine

A baby porcupine, called a porcupet, is being bottle fed in this video. This little guy’s mother was killed when she was hit by a car and he was cared for by licensed wildlife rehabilitater Gail Buhl. He was orphaned and imprinted on humans and is now living at a nature center in northern Minnesota.

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Bald Eagles Vancouver Island

Bald eagles are abundant in the Pacific Northwest. This video showcases beautiful still images of Bald Eagles on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. According to BaldEagleInfo.com, Bald Eagles have hollow bones making them lightweight. Learn more Bald Eagle facts.

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Deer and snowman nature print

This photo of a deer and snowman is from our New York Times best-selling children’s book  Stranger in the Woods. It’s available as a print titled ”Carotene Thief“. To view more prints from our children’s books visit our gallery.

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Karen’s mouse-keeper’s journal

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 [...]

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Mouse hide and seek and Karen’s mouse-keeper’s journal

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, [...]

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Desert tortoise facts: Meet Milton

Meet Milton, a desert tortoise, and learn some interesting and helpful desert tortoise facts by watching the video.

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How to attract woodpeckers

We have a suet feeder on the outside window of Carl and Jean’s office and it’s fun to watch the woodpeckers. If you want to learn how to attract woodpeckers, read the article “Feed suet to attract woodpeckers” in AnnArbor.com. Although it can be fed year-round, winter is a great time of the year to [...]

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Noah’s Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center

Here is another video on the Noah’s Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center about a lion, bear and tiger living in harmony. I first saw this video on the Today show.

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Bear, lion, tiger living in harmony

A lion, tiger and bear recovered in a drug bust in 2001 have been living together ever since at the animal rescue center Noah’s Ark near Atlanta, Georgia. Leo, Shere Khan and Baloo are like brothers; caretakers say separating them would bring depression.

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Winter survival for big game animals

Winter survival for big game animals in winter is tough. Big game survive winter through four main adaptations: an insulated coat, reducing their metabolism (up to one-third of what they need to meet basic life functions), remaining bedded for long periods during bad weather and relying on stored body fat, according the to article “Winter [...]

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