Animals
Animals, Lifestyle, Poll
Friday Poll: Whose Deer?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whose Deer? A young Wisconsin hunter shoots a deer, but the animal survives and flees onto adjacent private property, where the adult property owner then shoots the deer, killing it. My question is not about Wisconsin hunting regulations, but what one thinks should have happened, apart from any regulations. In this case they settled with…
Animals, Birds, Science/Nature
Turkey on a Treadmill
by JOHN ADAMS •
Not every turkey winds up sharing part of a plate with some cranberry sauce. A few turkeys, including the one below, play a role in scientific research. Here’s the description accompanying the YouTube video from The Roberts Lab at Brown University: This turkey is one of Dr. Thomas Roberts’ research subjects at Brown University. Dr.…
Animals
Raccoons Battle a Garbage Can
by JOHN ADAMS •
Agriculture, Animals
Chickens Are Getting Bigger…Much Bigger
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Science/Nature
A Jellyfish Buffet
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals
Fast-Moving Grizzly Bear
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Nature
Sounds: Inside a Bat Cave
by JOHN ADAMS •
What would it sound like to be in a cave with bats, in a bat hibernaculum? With the recording below, designed for listening with headphones to simulate being surrounded by bats’ sounds, you’ll know. (Headphones make a discernible difference – it’s really quite something.) There are other tracks in the series, too: lemurs, humpback whales,…
Animals
Porcupine Munches on Pumpkin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Nature
Snapshots of Antarctica
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Nature
Hikers Stand Their Ground Against Bull Elephant
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Nature
Sleeping Whales
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Technology
Hawk Attacks Drone
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals
Infant Hedgehog Hand-Feeding
by JOHN ADAMS •
In the video below, a four-day old hedgehog has a snack. The recording is from a British organization, Wildlife Aid: We are the Wildlife Aid Foundation and have been saving wildlife in the UK for over 30 years and been the heart of the television series “Wildlife SOS” for over 15 years on Animal Planet.…
