Critter Science

Don’t Mess with a Wolverine

2 October, 2019
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Looking like a small, ticked off bear, but actually the largest member of the weasel family, it’s the wolverine. They prefer life in the arctic and subarctic regions of North America,

The Raven Cometh

1 October, 2019
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The raven has been depicted in myths and legends throughout the ages as mysterious, ominous, foreboding, and even a foreshadowing of death or ill will. In some areas of the world

The Black Bear

30 September, 2019
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The black bear can only be found in North America and the northern tip of Mexico. They primarily live in forest environments. Their population is estimated at around 800,000. Black bears

The Red-Tailed Hawk

27 September, 2019
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The red-tailed hawk, aka the chicken hawk, is a raptor that is comfortable making their home anywhere from scrublands, deserts, roadsides, grasslands, fields, pastures, to parks, and

The White-Tailed Deer

27 September, 2019
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White-tailed deer are located throughout North America from southern Canada down through Central America. They inhabit most of southern Canada and all of mainland United States

Here Comes the American Badger

26 September, 2019
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The American badger is native to North American grasslands which spread from Southern Canada all the way down to Mexico. They have one of the largest ranges of the world’s badger species

The Rocky Mountain Goat

25 September, 2019
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The rocky mountain goat, aka the mountain goat, is more than at home among the steep mountainous cliffs. With strong legs and split padded hooves they navigate effortlessly over the

The Mule Deer

24 September, 2019
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The mule deer can be found from western regions of North America from the coastal islands of Alaska, all the way down to the West Coast in southern Baja Mexico and from the northern

The Desert Tortoise

20 September, 2019
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The desert tortoise is adapted to live in extremely hot desert environments. They are found in the Mojave Desert of California, Utah, Nevada, and the Sonoran deserts of Arizona and Mexico

The Endangered Black-Footed Ferret

20 September, 2019
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Once found throughout the Great Plains in North America, the black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered animals in the U.S. They depend upon prairie dogs for food, almost exclusively