Mange is a skin disease that occurs in some North Texas mammals–both wild and domestic. It is a terrible affliction, especially for wild animals with […]
Business Park Bobcats
DATELINE – April 2025 As counter intuitive as it may seem, it turns out that Dallas/Fort Worth area business parks–and other, similar urban developments–can be […]
Dallas/Fort Worth Mountain Lion Tracker
LAST UPDATED: January 2025 This is an article that I have been intending to put together for quite some time now. We have long needed […]
Camouflage and Coloration in North Texas Mammals
North Texas Mammals come in a variety of different colors. For some species their coloration is meant as camouflage, for others it is intended to […]
Coyotes are Dogs
How do you feel about Coyotes? The spectrum of possible responses to that question is varied and broad. Many people view Coyotes unfavorably, seeing them […]
Coyote Creek
DATELINE – Dallas, Texas July and August 2023 This special trail camera project began as an offshoot of another effort I spent some time working […]
Interior Least Terns: Their Numbers are on the Rise!
Dateline – July 2023 – Denton County Terns are a family of seabirds birds characterized by their similarity in appearance and behavior. What variations there […]
Predator and Prey… In the Front Yard
Dateline – September 2020 Occasionally, I don’t have to venture any further than my own front yard for an interesting urban wildlife encounter. Such is […]
This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest
Several years ago I ran a long term trail camera survey in Dallas’ Great Trinity Forest. The objective of that project was to explore the […]
Urban Wildlife After Dark
The people of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex are fortunate to share our city with a wide variety of urban wildlife. We have here in the […]
A Real Texas Eagle
DATELINE – April 27, 2022 – Kaufman County A few weeks ago I received an unexpected email that turned out to be quite a pleasant […]
Skulls and Other Bones
They say that death is a natural part of life. Nowhere is that more evident than when you are out exploring in the great outdoors. […]