Wildlife

Listen carefully though and one is likely to hear a resonant and rather haunting tap, tap, tap, in the distance. If one is lucky, it is a pileated woodpecker, North America’s largest woodpecker and the sixth largest in the world.

The Fish and Game Council voted to approve emergency regulations amending the Game Code and adopting a new Comprehensive Black Bear Management Plan (CBBMP) to control the black bear population and reduce the threat of dangerous encounters between bears and humans through regulated hunting and non-lethal management measures.

If you are driving and notice a greater presence of deer in the line of trees bordering the road, if you are hiking and the bucks seem bolder and less shy, there is a reason for this. It is called the rut...

This year's Halloween Parade was quite spectacular in that the cheerful community paraded downtown in an array of creative costumes and an unexpected exotic bird stopped by...

The Blairstown Animal Control Officer wants you to know -

Careers in Wildlife Services Solving Problems Every Day for People and Wildlife

Scott Hendrix, the Blairstown Animal Control Officer (ACO) wants you to know: If you'd rather not host a fox (or a family of) in your...

While you may occasionally be lucky enough to spot a black bear, how much do you really know about them? There are three types of bears that inhabit north America: the black bear, the grizzly bear, and the polar bear.