When you think of wildlife, you don’t often think of Nashville. Okay, perhaps you think of the wildlife that’s happening on Lower Broadway, but Nashville isn’t known as a rural area. But, as I can attest, we still have lots of animals within the city limits. Within just a few miles of my house, many…
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Due to all my sinus issues, I don’t have the best sense of smell. But there’s one thing I never have a problem noticing: the smell of death. You only need to smell it once because that smell is always there. In our area, it’s usually an animal, often a deer, hit on the roadway….
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Yesterday, I was talking about skunky beer. Today, we’re speaking of skunks, or technically, I’m focusing on a skunk. We’ve had one visit our backyard nightly for the last week or so. It shows up just before dark, and it’s obviously looking for something to eat. Our backyard is fenced in, but the critters found…
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When you live in a city the size of Nashville, you don’t expect to worry about seeing any black bears. But the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency tells us we might start seeing them roaming through our neighborhoods. Most black bears in Tennessee live in the eastern part of the state. But as the wooded areas…
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Did you catch 60 Minutes last week? They did a fascinating story on mass extinction. Scientists claim that we have officially entered the sixth extinction period in our planet’s lifecycle. The last era goes back to the time of the dinosaurs. Because of overbuilding and overpopulation, our wildlife has nowhere to live. And it’s just…
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Wind Turbines can be found not only across the American plains but across the world. One of the biggest concerns is how they impact wildlife, specifically birds and bats. A small study about changes to the turbines is interesting…
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I caught a glimpse of something rare over the weekend. It wasn’t something I was looking for, in fact I never expected to see this. Now I’m sure that you’ll think this was silly, but I was fascinated…
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