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I've been talking about raptors to school groups for decades. At one point, I ask the students what the prey animals - i.e. mice, rabbits, chipmunks - are doing in spring. Inevitably, a student will ...

If you’ve stepped outside anytime in the past few days, you might have had the urge to just stay indoors all season. Some in the animal kingdom nap like their life depends on it... because it does!

All chipmunks born this year are now on their own. They must find a new territory to ride out the winter. Such a perfect storm guarantees chipmunk strife and upheaval. If you haven't been to the ...

• Ladybugs, preparing for hibernation, concentrate in vast numbers on Bear Mountain, Green Mountain and other summits in the foothills. Monarch butterflies leave for Mexico. Box elder bugs and other ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Mammals and birds are endotherms, which means they generate their own body heat through relatively high metabolic rates. That high metabolism requires ...

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