Tips for identifying insects, spiders
Lots of people surprise themselves by developing an interest in identifying insects and spiders they see in their yard.
Author Tara Allison
Say ‘no’ to pesticides in your yard
Here’s why you should ban the use of pesticides in your yard. You’ll protect wildlife, pets, the environment and yourself.
Wildlife: cute, but not good pets
Wild animals have special needs. It’s often unsafe for them and you. And, sometimes, illegal.
U.S. Rabies Surveillance Report, 2021
U.S. Rabies Surveillance Report for 2021, state by state.
How to rescue, care for injured or orphaned urban wildlife
Step-by-step guidelines for rescuing and caring for orphaned or injured wildlife: birds, rabbits, squirrels, opossums, others.
Deciphering scientific classification
Scientific classification is a system used by scientists to classify life into orderly groups. It seems confusing, until you read this.
All about land snails
Snails are little stealth creatures, living around us mostly unnoticed. Yet, they’re the second highest number of species.
All about earthworms
The lowly earthworm, they’re given such short shrift. We should be celebrating them. They quietly work magic right under our very feet.
In your yard: cockroaches (most are beneficial and stay outdoors)
Cockroaches have been around for more than 300 million years. You may have heard it said they’ll still be here long after humans are extinct!
All about earwigs, curious victims of a baseless myth
An old superstition warns that earwigs crawl into people’s ears and burrow into their brains to lay eggs — the reason they’re called earwigs.
All about flies
Flies have a notorious reputation, but most are helpful pollinators of crops and flowers, and recyclers of plant, animal matter into organic nutrients.
