Here is my third day in the fourth grade. Bunny goes into the terrarium. Boa constrictor does what boa constrictors do. Twenty-five kids learn that nature doesn’t negotiate — it just happens, usually in front of an audience that didn’t sign up for the lesson. That memory probably explains why…
Category: Wildlife
San Francisco Bay’s New Whale Problem: They’re Not Leaving Anymore
San Francisco Bay just installed a network of thermal cameras to track gray whales in real time — not because anyone wanted to build a marine surveillance grid, but because whale ship collisions have become routine enough to warrant one. Last year alone, 21 dead gray whales washed up in…
Deer Are Getting Hammered on Fermented Fruit and Wandering Into French Roads
Had to read the headline three times before it landed—French police are warning drivers to watch out for drunk deer. Not diseased deer. Not injured deer. Drunk deer. Apparently, spring in France’s Burgundy region brings an annual wave of intoxicated wildlife stumbling onto roadways after bingeing on fermented fruit and…
Three Animals Who Decided Your Property Line Was a Suggestion
TL:DR – Want To Listen To A Condensed Version Kayla Burress thought someone was breaking into her home in Ave Maria, Florida. The noise on her lanai kept escalating — steady, aggressive, the kind of sound that makes you grab your phone and consider dialing 911. She had a sleeping…