Wildlife Facts

Red-breasted nuthatch

Photo of the Day: Red-breasted Nuthatch

Photo by Flickr member flipkeat See more of flipkeat’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to be the next Photo … Read more

Watch Polar Bears Live Online

I’m a pretty lucky guy. As National Wildlife Federation naturalist, I get to go on television to promote conservation, often with real wild animals.  It’s a very cool job, and I … Read more

Students Connecting the Dots: Sandy, Energy and the Future

Speaking yesterday to two classes of students and members of the President’s Council on Sustainability at University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Jeremy Symons, NWF’s Senior Vice President for … Read more

A female Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii.

13 Halloween Wildlife Myths – Debunked!

While you were out appreciating costumes and nighttime wildlife you may have wondered: Can owls turn their heads all the way around? Was that a bat I saw? Is the … Read more

Tricolored heron fishing

Photo of the Day: Tricolored Heron

Tricolored heron searching for small fish Photo by Flickr member tomblandford See more of tomblandford’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature … Read more

The Most Fascinating Things About Halloween’s Scariest Creatures

Halloween is full of little costumed spooks and goblins.  But it also has its own standard menagerie of “scary” creatures including bats, cats, spiders, ravens and crows.   Indeed, the imagery of … Read more

Otter Creek Valley photo

Arch Coal’s Otter Creek Mine Permit Application called “Deficient”

In what could be the largest understatement of the year coming from a Montana state agency, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) declared Arch Coal’s permit application to mine in the … Read more

Hurricane Sandy’s Impact on Fish and Wildlife

Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast this week and due to its unusual West-turning track, it came ashore midway in the eastern “Megalopolis” with its 65 million people.  Virginia … Read more

Red-bellied woodpecker

Photo of the Day: Red-bellied Woodpecker

Photo by Flickr member snooker2009 See more of the snooker2009’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to be the next … Read more

Lesser yellowlegs

Photo of the Day: Yellowlegs

Lesser yellowlegs Photo by Flickr member Brad James ~ Nature Photography See more of Brad James’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your … Read more