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Scottish Wildlife – part 1

Scottish wildlife is both precious and amazing. Here, for your enjoyment, a small selection of Scottish wildlife, in photos.

Red Squirrel by Mairi McCann

The red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, is Britain’s native squirrel. Someone apparently had the bright idea to bring North American gray squirrels to Britain in the 1800’s. Since then the red squirrel has [...]

Kansas Mammals – Ursidae and Felidae

Ursus americanus – Tahoe Black Bear 3 by RickC

Continuing our journey through the Kansas mammals, today I bring you Ursidae (bears) and Felidae (felines, or cats). The black bear doesn’t live in Kansas any more. While it just looks wrong to see a black bear in the street, I’m thinking there is still some [...]

Kansas Mammals – Canidae

Canis latrans – Urban Coyote by Dru Bloomfield

Living in a metropolitan area most often means being isolated from wildlife. I’m only just beginning to understand which animals are actually native to Kansas.

Canis lupus – Gray Wolf II by dalliedee

To help me, and you, see I’ve put together a little photo collection here on [...]

Prairie Dog Myth

Black-tailed Prairie Dog by Paul Carroll

The black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus, is a resident of western Kansas as well as parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

This means you will not find black-tailed prairie dogs in eastern Kansas where I live. But that’s not the prairie dog myth I’m talking [...]

Nature News

Here is some cute nature news for you. Enjoy!

Cute, tiny baby kangaroo inside momma’s pouch. That’s cute nature for sure.
Extinct blue British butterfly now doing well after re-introduction. It’s an interesting story because this butterfly depends not only on ants, but also on short, grazed grass.
Young raccoons saved from Pepsi machine. Maybe this one has [...]