If you live in the northern half of the United States, the odds are good that a black-capped chickadee will visit your property this winter. The most widespread of North … Read more
Wildlife Facts
Remembering Craig: A Happy Sad Day
Last Monday we dedicated the pond and habitat at the National Wildlife Federation’s Virginia headquarters to our beloved and former Chief Naturalist, Craig Tufts, who lost his battle with brain … Read more
Do Woodchucks Need Permission Slips?
Even among nature lovers, any animal who doesn’t have the homeowner’s explicit permission to enter their yard may be seen as a pest. Read more
Know Your NWF: The Corridor Connection
When 19th-century American conservationists first set out to protect wild places, they created parks, national forests and various types of wildlife sanctuaries in relatively small patches. Despite their best intentions, … Read more
Bird of the Week: Rufous Hummingbird
About a week before Thanksgiving, fellow science writer Rick Borchelt spotted a “way out of season and way out of range” rufous hummingbird feasting at his backyard sugar-water feeder … Read more
National Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife News Roundup for November 30th, 2010
Today’s news has species updates, Interior Department activities, wolves, seals, detectives and a cool wildlife bridge: Canada’s new species-at-risk report card shows little progress: http://bit.ly/ecuN4w Plans for the reintroduction of … Read more
Marking a Milestone for a Special Place
ON DECEMBER 6, the United States will celebrate a conservation milestone. Fifty years ago on that date, for the first time in the nation’s history, U.S. authorities gave federal protection … Read more
National Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife News Roundup for November 29th, 2010:
Endangered species are prominent in the news today along with a unique backyard wildlife study and a “hairy enigma.” See below: Aboriginal knowledge will help to save the world’s caribou: … Read more
