Baby Possum
I found 3 baby possums in my yard but the mother possum was nowhere around. The sad thing is that all three later died. The baby possum above was very sick when I discovered it. It had a bad eye that looked infected. (Not shown in photo).
Bison At The Promised Land Zoo
The American and European bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Europe. Bison are nomadic grazers and travel in herds, except for the non-dominant bulls, which travel alone or in small groups during most of the year. American bison are known for living in the Great Plains. Both species were hunted close [...]
Smiling For The Camera
American Alligators are found in the Southeastern United States: all of Florida and Louisiana; the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; coastal South and North Carolina; Eastern Texas and in the southeastern corner of Oklahoma and the southern tip of Arkansas. The majority of American Alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million [...]
Gray Wolf
The United States as a whole has up to 9,000 wolves which are increasing in number in all their ranges. Wolf recovery has been so successful that the United States Fish & Wildlife Service removed the western grey wolf from the federal endangered species list on March 28, 2008. Due to the controversy over wolf [...]
Thirsty Wild Hog On Fort Chaffee
Domestic pigs quite readily become feral, and feral populations often revert to a similar appearance to wild boar.
Feral animals almost always have thick, bristly coats ranging in color from brown through grey to black. A prominent ridge of hair matching the spine is also common, giving rise to the name razorback in the southern [...]
River Otter
The Northern American river otter is found throughout North America, inhabiting inland waterways and coastal areas in Canada, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the Atlantic states, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Although commonly called a “river otter”, the name can be misleading, as it inhabits marine as well as freshwater environments, and the freshwater environments include standing [...]
