While researching the Virginia opossum for my recent BDN story on opossums living in Maine, I spent a day at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, where they keep not only opossums, but a wide variety of other animals that … Continue reading
Animal Planet recently released “Top 10 Animals that Scare Us,” right in time for Halloween. So I decided to go through this list and see just how many of these fear-inducing animals live in Maine. Then I realized I had a … Continue reading
The dry leaves betrayed this little snake on Oct. 11, 2012, when I was hiking Blue Hill Mountain in Blue Hill, Maine. I located him by sound. While hiking up the Osgood Trail, I heard a rustle to the left … Continue reading
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This is a giant mushroom gallery. I don’t mean a gallery of giant mushrooms — that might actually be kind of freaky. I mean a gallery with a lot of photos of regular sized mushrooms. Most of these mushrooms I … Continue reading
More than 75 volunteers are expected to plant trees along Portland’s popular Bayside Trail starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, participating in “TD Tree Days,” a cooperative effort to plant new trees in local communities. Among the workers will … Continue reading
It’s raining acorns. Be careful around oak trees in the fall, because the squirrels of Maine are stocking up for winter, and acorns are one of their favorite treats. Squirrels — one of the animals that stick around for Maine’s … Continue reading
Star parties, UFO footage, night hikes and sun celebrations. Maine’s second annual Maine Starlight Festival is not to be missed. The festival has been underway since Sept. 7 and runs through Sept. 19, and the final weekend is an explosion … Continue reading
The Appalachian Mountain Club, an outdoor organization with chapters spanning from Maine to Washington, D.C., has recently turned their attention to the young people of Piscataquis County. As part of AMC’s Maine Woods Initiative, AMC has recently named Bowdoinham native Clint … Continue reading
Two years ago, I saw seven moose while traveling on hiking trails and logging roads; and I now refer to that summer as the “Summer of Moose.” So it seems only appropriate, after seeing at least five snakes while on … Continue reading
Unfortunately, this is the end to many a spider love story. Clinging to her web, the female spider strikes out at her smaller mate (or potential mate, because she didn’t even let him get close). She paralyzes him and wraps … Continue reading
