How a Blind Moose Helped This Man Become Maine Game Warden of the YearWINSLOW, Maine -- Tom McKenney didn't take a traditional pathinto a career as a Maine game...Holyoke, John
Like many animals, dogs have thevomeronasal organ (VNO)in the roof of the mouth, which detects pheromones. This is one reason dogs may lick things we think are gross, including the urine of other dogs—to get it closer to that organ. Along with their sense of smell, this lets dogs kno...
Back in the "old days," the very beginning, they did live in barns and reproduce freely, creating the breed that started it all. But that was a long time ago. For many, many generations now, this has been a fully recognized show cat, and there is a breed standard adhered to by exp...
One of the most popular and tucked away swimming holes in Maine is Frenchman's Hole. Part of the allure is jumping from the waterfall down into the hole below and clearly as you can see above, photo-ops are plentiful. This swimming can be easily found off of the Sunday River road. Mo...
“Most Americans now live not in cities but in regrown forests, among at least as many deer as when Columbus landed. Jim Sterba tells us how this came to be and why it isn’t all good. In graceful, clear-eyed prose, he explains why we need to relearn how to cut, cull and kill,...
Though there are many places in the U.S. where deer are considered overpopulated, overall, their numbers have gone down by about a fifth since the turn of the millennium. They’re finding it harder to live in deep forests and becoming, on balance, a more urban species. ...
In 1872, the U.S. government signed the Yellowstone National Park Act into law and created what the National Park Service (NPS) refers to as "the world's first true national park." Today, there are thousands of national parks throughout the world, and four of them — Rocky Mountain, Me...
In addition, these wild game care providers find that the revenue generated by the renewable resource of urine delivers a much needed income stream that allows these providers to keep many more animals alive and healthy. UNREAL TRUTH One of the reasons people are so curious about how we ...
The park is home to 37 species of mammals, including black bears, moose, and deer. There are 33 fish species and 331 bird varieties. Everglades National Park Unlike many national parks, Everglades National Park was initially created to protect a fragile and disappearing ecosystem. The Everglades...
Not only does Alaska haveamazing views of the northern lights, but great pizza too. Head to Moose's Tooth in Anchorage for gourmet pies and pints. The restaurant — namedafter a mountain peakin the Alaska Range — has an exhaustive list of pizzas, including a popular Spicy Thai Chicken pi...