Wildlife Encounters

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (114+ words) Craven Herald Couple spot rare pink grasshopper while walking in Dales WELL this is a curiosity - a pink grasshopper, and it was spotted in the Yorkshire Dales. John Fletcher tells us it was his wife that saw it as they…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (552+ words) Grants will support UNC Asheville’s Community Lumber Project and efforts to expand wildlife crossings across North Carolina ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Two local conservation efforts are receiving nearly $395,000 in grants from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. The foundation recently approved…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (192+ words) 6 September 2026, 6 h Visitors exploring the nature trails at the Raisin Region Conservation Authority’s (RRCA) conservation areas have an easy way to identify and learn about the plants, animals, and insects they come across. With the free iNaturalist app, a smartphone…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (714+ words) Kelly Burford and her nephew Raiden Parks release a butterfly that hatched earlier that morning. Kindergarten student Nora Barns holds a caterpillar. For the past 16 years, Kelly Burford of the Owen County Soil Conservation office has dedicated countless hours to…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (358+ words) In rural northern Dutchess County, NY, the fields are buzzing with the sounds of “pink, pink, pink!” Looking down into a trough of one of the rolling hills, a gathering is taking place. Bobolinks, most of them juveniles, are flocking…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (83+ words) My KLGR (Mankato, MN) – Families can help Monarch butterflies start their 3,000-mile journey to Mexico this weekend at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota. The museum’s Butterfly Tag-Along event runs Saturday from noon until 2 p.m. in Mankato. Children and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (363+ words) Butterfly enthusiasts can learn how wing colors and patterns help insects avoid predators and survive during a presentation at 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History at 869 Main St. in Brewster. The program will be led by evolutionary…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1463+ words) Returning the UK's largest grasshopper to Norfolk has been a surprisingly moving experience, says NWT conservation officer Robert Morgan For five weeks this summer, I was a diligent and attentive surrogate father to sixty very special dependants. These precious wards…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (163+ words) Haaretz During the party, the 90-pound weaklings in cuttlefish circles may mimic females in their displays and even tuck in their arms, which may sound counterintuitive, but it apparently enables them to sneak by bigger, flashier males to nab a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (622+ words) BRISTOL -- When she was in Girl Scouts, Rayna Lambert of Bristol began her interest with the monarch butterfly and protecting it with a focus on making sure there was milkweed for them in Trumbull County. Today, Lambert, a Bristol High…...