The Wild Life

Ever have a butterfly land on your skin and start licking you and thought "Awe, I've got a new best bro!" Well, you were wrong. Butterflies have a dirty secret!
If you've ever seen a gelatinous blob of ick floating in the water and wondered what type of alien life you were seeing, it was probably a Bryozoan, and they're honestly pretty neat.
Most know them as seagulls, a name which implies a proclivity for life at sea. Yet this familiar moniker is neither accurate (scientifically speaking), nor seems to fall in line with a universal observation---gulls love parking lots, whatever their distance from the salty sea
If you have more advice for saving money while hiking, use the hashtag #TWLHikingClub on Instagram and/or Twitter for a chance to be featured by The Wild Life!
This is circle of life---or at least an ugly, albeit necessary, curve of it. This is the life of the American Carrion Beetle.
Who doesn't love Giraffes? Yet, despite their international love and viral webcam footage with thousands tuning in to watch their birth, there is much about them that is unknown by the masses, which is a shame because they are truly fascinating animals with a multitude of fun facts about them. Here are 16 things you probably didn't know about Giraffes.
Chances are, if you are an avid hiker or even a beginner, you are using Instagram to interact with others and find awesome places that are too cool for even Outside Magazine to list. If you are not yet, get on there! There is such a community you can build!
This Penpoint Gunnel may be made by pen-point, but that's not the origin of its namesake, rather the fist large spine of the anal fin is grooved and shaped like a fountain pen tip.
In the Season 1 Finale of The Wild Life, Devon and Richard expose the mystery of metamorphosis, what happens inside the chrysalis, whether or not a butterfly remembers or a caterpillar knows, destroy the metamorphosis metaphor, and build it anew, all with the help of Dr. Martha Weiss of Georgetown University.
There are only 77 so called “Last Great Places” in the world, according to the Nature Conservancy. One of them is in the land of cheese and Packers fans. Here's why Devil's Lake State Park is a fierce competitor for my favorite park.

Mud-Puddling: The Dirty Truth
ATTACK OF THE BRYOZOANS
Gulls and the Concrete
TWL Hiking Club: Hiking
Carrion my Wayward Beetle
More than a Long
TWL Hiking Club: Hiking
#SundayFishSketch The Penpoint Gunnel
The Wild Life Season
TWL Hiking Club: Why

The Podcast

The Wild Life is a show that embraces curiosity, answers your questions, and reveals exciting discoveries through humor, story-telling, and interviews with leading experts. The Wild Life is hosted by brothers Devon and Richard Bowker. Here’s what to expect: we’ll start off each episode…

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The Wild Life Hiking Club

Who We Are Meet your Hiking Club Leader. Chelsea is a high school English teacher, avid hiker, mother, and all around nature lover. We are a community of hikers. It’s as simple as that! It doesn’t matter if you are just starting out or…

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A blog about natural history, earth science, biodiversity, extraordinary discoveries, and the amazing lives of this planets inhabitants.

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Mud-Puddling: The Dirty Truth About Butterflies

Ever have a butterfly land on your skin and start licking you and thought “Awe, I’ve got a new best bro!” Well, you were wrong. Butterflies have a dirty secret!

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Devon Bowker

ATTACK OF THE BRYOZOANS

If you’ve ever seen a gelatinous blob of ick floating in the water and wondered what type of alien life you were seeing, it was probably a Bryozoan, and they’re honestly pretty neat.

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Devon Bowker

Gulls and the Concrete Sea: Why do Seagulls Love Parking Lots?

Most know them as seagulls, a name which implies a proclivity for life at sea. Yet this familiar moniker is neither accurate (scientifically speaking), nor seems to fall in line with a universal observation—gulls love parking lots, whatever their distance from the salty sea

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Devon Bowker

The Wild Life

Your Online Naturalist & Biodiversity Blog

Ever have a butterfly land on your skin and start licking you and thought "Awe, I've got a new best bro!" Well, you were wrong. Butterflies have a dirty secret!

If you've ever seen a gelatinous blob of ick floating in the water and wondered what type of alien life you were seeing, it was probably a Bryozoan, and they're honestly pretty neat.

Most know them as seagulls, a name which implies a proclivity for life at sea. Yet this familiar moniker is neither accurate (scientifically speaking), nor seems to fall in line with a universal observation---gulls love parking lots, whatever their distance from the salty sea

If you have more advice for saving money while hiking, use the hashtag #TWLHikingClub on Instagram and/or Twitter for a chance to be featured by The Wild Life!

This is circle of life---or at least an ugly, albeit necessary, curve of it. This is the life of the American Carrion Beetle.

This Penpoint Gunnel may be made by pen-point, but that's not the origin of its namesake, rather the fist large spine of the anal fin is grooved and shaped like a fountain pen tip.

There are only 77 so called “Last Great Places” in the world, according to the Nature Conservancy. One of them is in the land of cheese and Packers fans. Here's why Devil's Lake State Park is a fierce competitor for my favorite park.

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Gulls and the Concrete Sea: Why do Seagulls Love Parking Lots?

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