Naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela tells us all about the incredible muskrat. Did you know that muskrats are not rats, and that their name is believed to come from the Algonquian Indian language? This winter has been a bit strange in the northland where I...
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Stan Tekiela tells us all about the American Bison, this incredible animal living on our prairies, plains, and in river valleys. Sometimes called a Buffalo, this is a misnomer that suggests that the American Bison is somehow related to the Buffalo of the Old World....
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Wildlife photographer and naturalist Stan Tekiela has been spending a lot of time in the woods, studying and photographing White-tailed Deer behavior. Here is his report. The White-tailed Deer is the most widely distributed member of the deer family, found throughout the United States, much of...
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Naturalist and wildlife photographer par excellence, Stan Tekiela takes a closer look at the Eastern Wild Turkey. To say our Eastern Wild Turkey is an unusual looking bird is a complete understatement. Let’s look right past the large fan-shaped tail of the male and examine the...
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Naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela shares with us his encounter with a pack of Grey Wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Late in the day, all of our searching and listening had finally paid off. Up on a low rolling, snow-covered ridge, just out of sight,...
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There are so many interesting critters on this planet. Unique and fascinating critters. The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) springs to mind as a good example. Stan Tekiela recently photographed a Virginia Opossum, and invites us to take a closer look. Let’s first start with the name,...
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In today’s post our colleague Brett Ortler shares with us his passion for citizen science. It is a great family activity. If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time bird-watching, paying more attention to your garden or the plants springing up in your yard, even...
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There are about as many myths about bats as there are bat species. Karen Krebbs, author of Bat Basics, debunks the myths and tells you all you need to know about these amazing mammals. Bats don’t get tangled in human hair. Unlike what you see in...
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Learn to identify the trees in the Carolinas with Stan Tekiela’s famous Trees of the Carolinas Field Guide. Learn about all 153 species found in the two states, organized by leaf type and attachment. Just look at a tree’s leaves, then go to the correct...
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A little while ago Stan Tekiela wrote about the Cicada Killer Wasp, an extraordinarily large wasp that kills Cicadas to feed its offspring. The article sparked interest in insects in general—and specifically in Cicadas. So, let’s take a look at the murder victim. Cicadas are...
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