Posted on November 11, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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The banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) is a mottled brown freshwater fish with dark vertical bands native to swift moving streams of the eastern United States where they dine on insects, various larvae, and occasionally, though sparingly, on other smaller fish or crustaceans.
Category: Fish, The Wild Life BlogTags: Art, banded sculpin, biology, conservation, Cottus carolinae, devon bowker, devonthenatureguy, ecology, environment, Fish, fishes, freshwater, Ichthyology, mottled brown fish black bands, naturalist, nature, ohio river valley, Rene Martin, sciart, science, sculpin, SundayFishSketch, trout
Posted on August 18, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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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!
Category: Animals, Insects and Arachnids, The Wild Life BlogTags: animals, biology, butterfly, butterfly drink urine, butterfly eating poop, butterfly in mud, butterfly on poop, calyptra, carrion, devon bowker, devonthenatureguy, entomology, environment, Gluphisia crenata, hematophagy, Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica, insect, lachryphagy, lepidoptera, life, moth, mud puddling, naturalism, naturalist, nature, nature nerd, puddling, vampire moth, wild, wildlife
Posted on July 27, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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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.
Category: Insects and Arachnids, The Podcast, The Wild Life BlogTags: biology, bugs, butterfly, caterpillar, change, chrysalos, cocoon, devon bowker, devonthenatureguy, Education, Insects, life history, metamorphosis, moth, naturalist, nature, podcast, reinvention, richard bowker, science, thewildlife, wildlife
Posted on July 7, 2018
by Devon Bowker
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How do Pelican beaks work? How much can they fit in their pouch? How do Pelicans hunt? I’ve got the answers to those and more!
Category: Animals, Birds, The Wild Life BlogTags: american white pelican, biology, bird, birding, brown pelican, colony, conservation, devonthenatureguy, environment, gulf of mexico, heartskeyphotography, how do pelican beaks work, how much water can a pelican hold, largest pelican colony, marsh lake minnesota, migration, minnesota, naturalist, nature, ornithology, outdoors, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, pelicn colony, texas, wildlife
