Critter Tales

Time for a Tick Check

Time for a Tick Check

By Buckmasters Online

Bloodsucker. It’s a vampire, a science fiction film, a song title, a comic book character. Or it’s a tick. Ticks are uninvited, annoying and potentially health-risking creatures that land on you and your pets. They can carry a long list of tick-bite related diseases, such as Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) or Southern ... READ MORE

Be aware—invasive species are everywhere

Be aware—invasive species are everywhere

By Buckmasters Online

Photo: Starlings have been in America since 1890, so long that we don’t realize they are an invasive species. The stories arrive from the East Coast or the West, from the Great Lakes states, or the arid lands of the Southwest and the humid areas in the South.  And what these stories have in common is one thing—America is being inva... READ MORE

Older than dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs are migrating, living fossils

Older than dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs are migrating, living fossils

By Buckmasters Online

During June, visitors to beaches in the mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland can see an astonishing sight – millions of horseshoe crabs making their annual pilgrimage from the Atlantic Ocean to the beaches where they will mate and nest. It’s an event that has occurred for the past 350 million years, and re... READ MORE

You, too, can bioblitz!

You, too, can bioblitz!

By Buckmasters Online

What’s a bioblitz? Think of it as a wildlife adventure where you get a chance to find, identify and catalog all the plants and animals you see while exploring the outdoors. Groups of citizen scientists of all ages, in many different areas in the United States, are reconnecting with nature in helpful and educational ways by bioblitzing. In Fl... READ MORE

Be Bear Aware this Spring

Be Bear Aware this Spring

By Buckmasters Online

Longer daylight hours, warming temperatures and green, growing plants mean black bears are moving from Vermont and Michigan to Missouri and west to Montana, and all the states between. And all those bears are looking for the same thing:  Food. “As black bears become active in the spring, they are on a mission to find food,” said La... READ MORE

Unwelcome guests or feathered friends?

Unwelcome guests or feathered friends?

By Buckmasters Online

If you live in an urban or rural area, the sight of a gaggle of Canada geese is not unusual. That wasn’t always the case. In 1982, fewer than 500,000 resident Canada geese lived in America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A relatively recent count taken in 2012 reveals an obvious change, and some 3.8 million Canada geese now ... READ MORE

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