The motivation to remove predators is easy to understand, but what if the cost of removing predators is higher than keeping them around?
Tag: Animals
Snapping Turtles on the Move
Snapping turtles hardly ever leave their aquatic habitats except during breeding season. At this time, females can travel great distances.
Nebraska’s Venomous Snakes
Wildlife educator Monica Macoubrie shares information about the four venomous snakes that live in Nebraska.
Nebraska’s Crayfish
With their jointed legs and protective exoskeleton, crayfish are a unique part of Nebraska’s aquatic ecosystems.
Turtle Love
One morning last June, while photographing wildflowers in the Sandhills blowout, I came upon a pair of ornate box turtles.
Winter Wildlife Tracking
By Monica Macoubrie Winter is normally a time for hibernation. Sleeping five to sometimes nine months out of the year, animals will lay coiled up and cozy in an underground burrow, a pile of leaves or, as humans do, under a heated blanket in our beds. The negative temperatures, face-stinging […]