In your yard: look for these beautiful moths
These moths are beautiful and large. At least some of them visit your yard.
Author Tara Allison
In your yard: look for these ladybugs and other beetles
One or more of these ladybugs and other beetles live in your yard. Look for them on foliage or flowers,…
In your yard: look for these common ‘bugs’
Look on plants in your yard. You’ll probably spot some of these common “bugs.”
Expect amazing results with a backyard wildlife habitat
Essay: Tara Allison, founder of WelcomeWildlife.com Converting the “blank slate” your house is sitting on into a rich habitat for…
Virginia Opossum: frequent questions
Why do they “play ‘possum?” Do opossums get rabies? Do they hang by their tail? Are they dangerous? What about rabies?
Learn about wasps (they deserve respect)
Wasps are scary, right? But not after learning they’re beneficial and don’t seek out humans.
Impact of habitat destruction on wildlife, plants
When we alter natural habitat, we challenge wildlife and destroy native plants, sometimes to extinction. Read their stories.
In your yard: live harmoniously with these bees and wasps
Bees and wasps to look for in your yard. (No need to be afraid!)
Diversity in similar-looking rodents: mice, rats, voles
Mice, rats, voles may seem like one large family. They’re cousins, but have different physical characteristics.
Skunks of the U.S.
The Striped Skunk is the most familiar, but there are other kinds of U.S. skunks.
