Wildlife Blogs

I’m startled by the chain-link fence rattling outside the window of my home office and glance up. A lithe, furry predator slinks along the top rail. It’s on the prowl, looking for prey among the weeds at the edge of the yard. It’s midday, an odd time for a mammalian predator to be out and about. In...

Rustling in the walls. The patter of little feet racing through the attic. Cereal spilling out of a hole chewed in the box. These are all signs you might have mice taking up residence in your home. It could be the non-native house mouse (Mus musculus), an invader from Europe that...

Illinois Extension is launching a new blog called Wildside. This blog is one way we’ll be growing Extension’s wildlife programming over the next few years. In this first post, we’re introducing ourselves and the blog. The AuthorsBrodie Dunn, Extension Outreach...