The red-tailed hawk is found throughout the United States and Canada, into Mexico and Central

The deer as messenger enlightens or teaches, particularly with regard to hunting and wildlife ethics. Dennis Olson relates a story from the Native American

The kiwi bird's name comes from the Maori language, and imitates the cry of the male kiwi during the mating

The black-billed magpie is one of the easier birds to identify because of their striking coloring and exceptionally long

The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), a widespread species in both the north Atlantic and Pacific

Adult red swamp crayfish are colored dark red, whereas juveniles are a drab

The name of the genus comes from the Latin rana (frog). The species name is the Latin word clamitans (loud-calling or

Every year in winter, Monarch butterflies return to North America and Hawai'i from Mexico, mate and lay their eggs on

Beetles in the genus Eleodes are known as "darkling" or "pinacate beetles," and colloquially as "stinkbugs" or "clown

"Firefly" is the common name for the nocturnal (night-time) luminous (glowing) insects belonging to the beetle family Lampyridae (order Coleoptera). Some people call them "lightning

Locusts are part of a large group of insects commonly called grasshoppers which have big hind legs for

Being filled with the passion for the outdoors, frontier lovers spend a great deal of time deep in the forest or marching through

Mosquitoes are insects belonging to the order Diptera, the True Flies. Like all True Flies, they have two