Wild Things: Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
The fossil record shows evidence of honey bees as far back as 34 million years ago in Europe....
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Ancient mosquito hunter found in Stanley mud puddle
Water brings the desert alive. For some ancient life forms, all it takes is a puddle. One such...
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Wild Things: Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
This medium sized sparrow is 5-6 inches in length and has a wingspan of 9 inches. Identifying...
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Wild Things: Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
Hairy woodpeckers have interspersed black and white feathers, with black and white striping on the...
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Wild Things: Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegates)
This large ground squirrel can reach over 20 inches in body length, with a tail almost as long. It...
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Wild Things: Spiny Tachina fly (Paradejeania rutilioides)
The spiny tachina fly is yellow-orange with heavy black bristles and rather large at about ½...
Read MoreWild things: Tiger beetles (Cicindela sp.)
This group of beetles has a world-wide distribution and is ancient; fossil records date back about 125 million years. Of some 2,600 species currently known, about 100 occur in the North America. They are related to ground...
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Wild Things: Williamson’s sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
This distinctively colored woodpecker is found in open pine and fir forests of central and western...
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A day in the life of the volunteers at Wildlife West Nature Park
Following a dirt road that winds past hand-painted animals, back towards a building that ends up...
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Wild Things: Rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)
This beautiful grasshopper is found throughout the U.S. and Canada, and into northern Mexico....
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Wild Things: Plumbeous vireo (Vireo plumbeus)
This gray 5-inch songbird occurs throughout New Mexico, except for the eastern plains, favoring...
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Wild Things: House wren (Troglodytes aedon)
This small active songbird is 4 to 5 inches in length and has a brown head, back and tail, with...
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Wild Things: Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
This rather large 11-inch long thrasher is a year-round resident in New Mexico, except for the...
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Wild Things: House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
This common finch is 5 to 6 inches in length. Males have red or pink faces and breasts and females...
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Wild Things: Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Raccoons are distinguished by their black facial mask, dark gray fur and a tail ringed with black...
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Wild Things: Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
This small active chickadee is about 5 to 6 inches in length and occurs throughout coniferous...
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Wild Things Brown creeper (Certhia Americana)
The Brown creeper is a small bird of mature forests, being found year round in the Rockies and...
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Wild Things: Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
This forest hawk is a member of the accipiter group, having long legs, long tails, and short,...
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Wild Things: Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
The loggerhead shrike is a robin-sized bird, about 8 to 9 inches long, with a wingspan of about a...
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Wild Things: Darkling beetle (Eleodes obscurus)
There are about 400,000 species of beetles, which make up 25% of all existing animal species. The...
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