Birdwatching In New Hampshire

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:02 +0000

Eric Masterson is a blogger and the author of Birdwatching in New Hampshire, and joins us for a hyper-local guide to spotting species around the state.

African Elephants Declining Rapidly

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

EarthTalk®
E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: How are populations of African elephants faring these days? What conservation efforts are underway and are they working?-- Libby Broullette, Salem, MA

Keeping Connected: Preserving North Country Wildlife Corridors

Sam Evans-Brown — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:40:53 +0000

The Northern Woods contain a lot of the animals that are symbolic of New Hampshire: bobcat, otter, black bear, fishers, and porcupines to name a few. Many of these animals are mostly found up north because they need a lot of space to move around. One project is trying to come up with a plan to make sure that movement can continue.

The Maligned Fisher

Chris Martin and Francie Von Mertens — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:11:26 +0000

The "fisher cat": ferocious predator of house cats whose bloodcurdling screams pierce the dark of night. Facts about this one wildlife species have mutated a long way into fiction. For starters, fishers are members of the weasel family—not feline. Properly referred to, they're "fishers," not "fisher cats."

National Wildlife Week, March 18-24

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:00:00 +0000

EarthTalk®
E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: What is the purpose of National Wildlife Week, which I understand will take place in March 2013? -- Melissa P., Burlington, NJ

New Hampshire Bears, Humans Still Crossing Paths - And, Sometimes, Roads

Brady Carlson — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:27:51 +0000

We got a call in the newsroom this morning telling us that a car had collided with a bear just outside of Concord.

We're still learning exactly what happened in that incident, but we thought it would be a good time to check in on how bears and humans have been coexisting in the Granite State this year.

The Other Homebrewing: Modified Cameras Catch Rare NH Wildlife

Sam Evans-Brown — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:04:15 +0000

In December Fish and Game announced that for the first time they had captured photographs of Canadian Lynx alive in Northern New Hampshire. The photographer that snapped those pictures was an amateur biologist and student at UNH, named Peter Abdu.

Wildlife Heroes

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:04:37 +0000

A new book by Jeff Flocken captures the ongoing battle to fight animal extinction on film.

"Underwater Wilderness" Areas

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:00:00 +0000

EarthTalk®
E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk:I heard the term “underwater wilderness” recently. What does it refer to?
-- Melissa Cook, via e-mail

Do Animals Really Mate for Life?

Dave Anderson — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

With Valentine's Day over, let's get real about "Romance"… Do any animals really mate for life?

Got Snow?

Dave Anderson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Snow - or a lack thereof - is a perennial January conversation. We put online Doppler radar maps in motion to access a range of snow forecasts. For people, weather news underlies commuting times, power outages and snow sports that drive winter tourism. But for wildlife, winter weather spells survival or death for animals best-adapted to changing conditions.

Which animals win or lose during an open or low-snow winter?

Winter Survival Strategies

Dave Anderson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000

For wildlife, it's time to display winter survival adaptations … or a lack thereof. What strategy will you choose? Your options to deal with winter are limited to five basic strategies:

#1) Die - Annual plants and many adult insects die-off, leaving offspring as seeds, eggs or larval caterpillars or aquatic nymphs. People avoid this strategy; too radical.

#2) Don't live here - Leave. Songbirds, hawks, waterfowl, several bats, monarch butterflies and resident human "snowbirds" migrate south to warmer climes.