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I sit on the front swivel seat of a drift boat gliding across the smooth water of Newton Reservoir. The sun begins to send ...

From ever-growing incisors to toxic droppings and tail language, discover lesser-known facts that make squirrels fascinating.

Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can ...

Cats…the internet loves them, musicians and movie stars love them, they are “cooler” than dogs, and they make the best ...

What do a sea unicorn, a termite gourmand, and a freshwater predator with dagger-like teeth have in common? Odd names aside, ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely ...

Paleogeneticists, it turns out, find the small wildcat just as elusive as field biologists. Compared with other domesticated ...

Genghis Khan is said to have kept hundreds of the birds ... too little and it won’t gain muscle. The peregrine falcon’s ability to dive for prey at over 240 miles an hour has long captivated ...

Actually, the one I kind of like the best is the name cast around by Ohio outdoor writer Jeff Frischkorn. He likes to call ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. It’s a subjective judgment, especially when it comes to things we love, like our children and pets. While no list claiming to be the ...