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Armadillo – Gruesome End

Armadillos are supremely confidence in their leathery suit of armor. They go about their daily business seemingly without concerns about […]

I don’t usually think of the Great Horned Owl as being vulnerable to predation, though they certainly are, as is […]

The are pockets of White-tailed Deer in various places around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. In some of these places the […]

We have a couple of species of box turtle living here in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Both are exceedingly rare […]

I don’t come across these very often. This is the remnants of a White-tailed Deer skeleton. I discovered these bones […]

I discovered this Coyote skull deep in the woods near Lewisville Lake. No other bones were found nearby. Just the […]

I found this Bobcat skeleton near the Trinity River in Hutchins, Texas. I don’t come across many of these. More […]

NOTE: This observation is a continuation of a previous post. The earlier article can be found here: Great Horned Owl […]

A roadkill Armadillo photographed on North Elm Street in Denton, Texas. Flattened roadside Armadillos are a part of Texas lore. […]

I came across this unusual find in Arlington’s River Legacy Park. This is a recently deceased Red-eared Slider. I’m not […]

The distemper epidemic continues unabated in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Many types of urban wildlife of susceptible to this terrible […]

These fish remains (likely a Longnose Gar) were found on the dried lake bed of far north Lewisville Lake. Scales […]