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See You in Spring – Overwintering Insects

Many of our winter narratives about animals involve creatures like hibernating bears or migrating birds. We tend not to...

See You in Spring – Overwintering Insects

Bats: A New Home on the Prairie

The black footed prairie dog is famous not only for kissing its family members hello, but also for digging...

Bats: A New Home on the Prairie

Five Years Later: Elk Management

As I crest the saddle between two hogback ridges, dozens of heads turn in my direction—elk! Freezing instantly, I...

Five Years Later: Elk Management

Snakes Alive – Are you Rattled?

As the weather warms up, snakes, cold-blooded animals, come out of winter dormancy and prowl in search of edible,...

Snakes Alive – Are you Rattled?

A Chorus of Frogs

Years ago, as I wandered Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat in spring, the seething energy of life after winter seemed...

A Chorus of Frogs

What Happens to Butterflies When It Snows?

Butterflies, which are summer visitors to Boulder County, may hibernate in the cold, never to awaken. These butterflies come...

What Happens to Butterflies When It Snows?

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