It’s the “whistling dog.” It’s the “red dog” of Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 Jungle Book. It’s a fearsome (but not really), forest-dwelling (but not entirely), highly social, pack-hunting canid that is as mysterious as its remote Asian haunts. These wild dogs once ranged across the vast majority of … Continued
For those following this blog series, you may remember earlier posts I’ve written about a fascinating and important project Zoo New England is supporting – the captive breeding and reintroduction of the now Critically Endangered European hamster. This project is all the … Continued
Whether we’re walking along the woodland edge to radio track box turtles just beginning to forage after emerging from their overwinter burrows, trudging through the wetlands to check traps and estimate the size of the remaining Boston population of Spotted … Continued