The Canadian lynx lives in forested areas in the United States and Canada & is well adapted to the life in extremely low temperatures. Lynx are found in the broad boreal forest belt. The number of lynx have been
Often thought of as dumb, dirty animals who spread diseases like rabies, the opossum is one very misunderstood North American animal. The fact of the matter is opossums are cleaner, more
Along with the bald eagle, the American bison is one of the most amazing revival stories of our time. Once hunted to near extinction, the bison has made a huge comeback
The kit fox is widespread and found as far north as the arid regions of Oregon, east to southwestern Colorado, south through Utah, Nevada, southeastern California, New Mexico, Arizona, and
The bald eagle lives in North America and Canada. Bald eagles prefer to live in forests that are near lakes, rivers, reservoirs, coasts, and marshes. Many also live near fish processing plants
Related to the ground squirrel, the yellow-bellied marmot (aka whistle-pig) can be found in different parts of south-western Canada and in the western parts of the U.S. Yellow-bellied
The northern spotted owl prefers to live in old growth evergreen forests and hails from British Columbia down to Mexico. Northern spotted owls are 1 of 3 known subspecies of spotted owls
It’s not a ginormous mosquito, it’s a crane fly. These large flying insects have gained popularity by being called mosquito hawks, due to the misconception that they hunt mosquitoes
Found from the Klamath River in Northern California to the Kuskokwim basin of western Alaska, it’s the sockeye salmon. These sizeable fish are a favorite of fly fishermen. The sockeye
Despite their namesake, the northern flying squirrel doesn’t actually fly, but rather glides from tree to tree. Bats are the only mammal known to actually fly. There are 43 known species
