Unlike most invasive species, coyotes are native to North America, with a natural habitat that extends from Alaska to Central America over terrain ranging from mountains to plains to — these days — cities (in one notable case, a coyote even staked out a Chicago .Restaurant.
Misleading data, newspaper stories and letters to the editor have escalated fears and sometimes skirted the facts about coyotes. Statements like “exploding populations”, “not long before a child is bitten” and “live trap and remove” are misleading. Know the facts about coyotes before you make judgments about them.
According to The Wildlife Society. — coyotes (Canis latrans) expand their range and increase their population sizes across the eastern United States, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations are not impacted, according to new research.
SUDBURY – The sound of wolves howling is one of the most beautiful yet eerie noises in the natural world and, like its owner, has become synonymous with the pristine wilderness. The cry of a wild wolf is one of the surest ways to make our blood run cold, and to prove that we have wandered somewhere untouched by civilization and far out of our own comfort zone. This dramatic association has been created because such remote places are the only...
Tick Situations & Solutions deer tick © Scott Bauer, wikicommons Lyme disease is caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacterium (or spirochete) Borrelia burgdorferi, and is transmitted to people by infected ticks of the genus Ixodes.
If you’re walking through the park or even just going about your day it’s very likely that you’ll see some cute squirrels! These fluffy friends are common in cities, and sometimes people keep them as pets. Whether you’re interested in training a squirrel or maybe you want to know how to feed an orphaned baby squirrel, you should definitely learn how to tell if a squirrel has rabies.
Reduce odours that attract bears 1. Store ALL food and wildlife attractants in the animal-proof facilities provided or, as a last resort, in a hard-sided vehicle/RV (not in a tent). If no facilities exist, hang your food and garbage out of bear reach. Use 100-feet of rope to hang your food between two trees well away from your tent/cooking area.
Woodchucks are large (up to 10 pounds) rodents native to much of North America. They inhabit open areas, backyards, and woodland edges and forage on grasses, flowers, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and crops. Woodchucks are well adapted for digging, and live and hibernate in burrows, which typically have a main entrance and one or more escape entrances. They also are good climbers and can scale fences and climb low trees. Woodchucks have few natural predators. When threatened, they prefer to retreat to...
