Outdoors

Beavers are active all winter long and will leave their lodge via an underwater entrance burrow, explains outdoors columnist

With a food shortage and a limited area to find the needed culinary items, things can get a little scary for animals, columnist explains

Each event brings both crushing defeats and ultimate survival, explains columnist of the 'wild' antics taking place in local forests

Ruffed grouse, or partridges, like to fly down from the treetops and 'plop drop' into the snow, burrow deep within and slumber, explains columnist

Known scientifically as the LDD moth, this invasive species has a new name and is expected to decline in numbers, columnist explains

Mating season has begun for great-horned owls and red foxes, who need to get to work to ensure spring births, explains outdoors columnist

Some species that frequent our region have evolved a special adaptation to keep themselves trucking around … home-grown snowshoes, notes outdoors columnist

Is the time and money being spent on current control methods really the best way to tackle the issue, wonders outdoors columnist

Red squirrel spends much of its time doing battle against other squirrels, woodpeckers, owls and others in the woodlot to protect its winter bounty

Tracks left in snow tell tales of critters' adventures