A wonderful children’s classic, Make Way for Ducklings, tells the story of a family of mallard ducks who make their home in Boston and face some challenges dealing with Boston … Read more
Wildlife Facts
Falling in Love With the Nine-Banded Armadillo
Margaret Redman is a Graduate Fellow conducting research on Schoolyard Habitats and outdoor classrooms for the Education Department of National Wildlife Federation. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in … Read more
15 Adorable Wildlife Puppies for National Puppy Day
Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you that two of my favorite things are: 1) wildlife and 2) puppies. When I’m not at work helping protect the first, … Read more
What National Wildlife Week Means To Me
The endangered gray wolf was the poster child of the 1974 National Wildlife Week, whose theme was “We Care About Endangered Wildlife.” It’s also the reason that I came to … Read more
Wildlife Week: Is There Still Hope for Sharks?
Andy Dehart is the Director of Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. An advisor to the Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week, Dehart has been studying and … Read more
Adaptations To The Max — Wildlife At The Extremes of Altitude, Cold, Heat and Depth
We have learned many things over the years about how animals adapt to their surroundings. These range from the long snout of an anteater, the double eyelid of a water … Read more
Giant Squid Eyeballs are Crucial in Arms Race vs. Sonar-Equipped Sperm Whales
Long fodder for maritime myth and pulp horror, the giant squid must be the most famous animal we still don’t understand very well, from its mating habits to the fundamental … Read more
Puget Sound’s Vanishing Salmon
In the Pacific Northwest, we are blessed with the kinds of surroundings that most people just read about in the glossy pages of magazines. Accordingly, we want to build homes and businesses as close to that natural beauty as we can get – often, in floodplains. Unfortunately, in doing so, we destroy the natural systems that sustain this essential ecosystem. Read more
Celebrating California’s Extra-Ordinary Wildlife
California is a land of extremes, containing both the highest and lowest points in the continental United States, with a landscape in between of 100 million acres that boast a … Read more
