Jeanine Farley

Industrious people have set up cameras at some peregrine nesting sites, including at the Custom House in Boston, so you can watch the processes of egg laying, hatching and the raising and feeding of falcon chicks in May.

This little perpetual-motion machine needs to eat constantly because of its high metabolism and high body temperature. If it goes without food for even a few hours in winter, it can starve or freeze to death.

by | May 3, 2025 | Wild Things | Ospreys once flocked to Fresh Pond for the fish, and still build their massive nests year after year

by | May 10, 2025 | Wild Things | All about ants, from big Eastern black carpenters to an imported red that's small but super vicious

There are a wide array of other ants besides carpenter ants, winter ants and fire ants – Massachusetts has plenty. Meet the leafcutter, house ant, odorous house ant, pavement and field ant and learn more about them all.

Cowbirds are not evil; they are just doing their best to survive. Many other species prey on bird eggs and young birds – about 1 percent of all birds are parasitic, or about 100 species of parasitic birds out of 10,000 total bird species – but are not reviled.

Adult leopard slugs are both male and female, have a tonguelike organ with 150 rows of microscopic, backward pointing teeth … and just that's the start.

by | Jun 14, 2025 | Wild Things | Eight-spotted forester moths have a rare habit: Being out in the day. (Look for its orange legs)

by | Jun 21, 2025 | Wild Things | A baby bird needs help. What can you do with confidence you're not making things worse? Saturday, June 21, 2025