Critter Science

The Brewer’s Blackbird

10 April, 2025
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The Brewer’s blackbird is a New World (from the Americas) blackbird species that can be found in Canada, United States, Mexico, and Central America. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of wildfires, hunting, and trapping.

The Return of the Dire Wolf

9 April, 2025
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Canine Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The dire wolf once thrived in the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000 – 10,000 years ago). However, the challenges they faced brought them to extinction. Attempting to stave off hunters and fighting the drastic effects of climate change proved too much

The Common Snapping Turtle

8 April, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Reptile Facts, Turtle Facts

The common snapping turtle, aka northern snapping turtle, can be found throughout southeastern Canada and most of the United States. These turtles are renown for their defensive and combative temperament. They face the threats of habitat loss at the hands of residential and

The Northern Leopard Frog

7 April, 2025
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Amphibian Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Frog Facts

The northern leopard frog was recently renamed from Rana pipiens. These frogs can be found throughout Canada and the United States. Unfortunately, with such a wide distribution throughout North America they face many threats such as habitat loss at the hands of

The Misconceived Scorpionfly

4 April, 2025
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Arthropod Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Insect Facts

There are approximately 600 species, 34 genera, in 9 families of scorpionfly the world over. But what do they do? Do they sting? Are they a threat? With the male’s raised and curled tail, they resemble a scorpion, but are they as ominous as the famed arachnids? These insects are […]

The Black Slug

3 April, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Gastropod Facts

The black slug, aka black arion, European black slug, or large black slug, can be found throughout much of Europe. These critters are large terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae (the round back slugs). They can be found in Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, Iceland,

The American Pika

2 April, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Lagomorph Facts, Land Mammal Facts

Scattered throughout western Canada and the United States the American pika, aka little Chief hare, is a species of lagomorph. They may look like rodents, but they are more closely related to rabbits, cottontails, and hares. These little critters prefer rocky, high-elevation habitats,

The Fearsome Wendigo

1 April, 2025
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Cryptozoology, Daily Critter Facts

Wrought from insatiable hunger, the wendigo makes its way into the hearts of humans possessing them to commit the act of cannibalism. The wendigo… Is it fact or fiction? Can there really be a creature that can possess a person and cause them to do the unthinkable?

The Common Pheasant

31 March, 2025
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts

The common pheasant, aka ring-necked pheasant, or blue-headed pheasant, is native to Asia. However, they have been introduced to Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand as game birds. The primary threat these birds face is that of hunting

The Mexican Agouti

28 March, 2025
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Rodent Facts

The Mexican agouti, aka Mexican black agouti, can be found in southern Mexico as well as far western and eastern Cuba. They prefer humid tropical rainforests, lowland evergreen forests, & secondary growth forests. Due to facing the threats of habitat destruction at the hands of