More Mountain Beaver!

I have some GREAT neighbors living across the street from me! How great? Great enough to catch and bring a young mountain beaver over to my house so I could get some pictures. Now that’s what I call great neighbors. Thanks Mike and Lisa! (Actually it was Lisa who did all the work.)

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The Mysterious Midshipman Fish

Imagine a fish that combines the head of a toad, bioluminescence, poisonous spines, and an ability to produce sound so pronounced that it was once blamed for keeping part of an entire city awake. This is no science fiction fantasy or deep sea mystery. It’s a creature that often lives under our very feet as […]

Ode to a Walrus Named “ET”

Last Thursday, 16 July 2015, the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium announced the death of one of its most unique animals. “ET” was a walrus named after Stephen Spielberg’s famous movie character. Discovered as an orphaned calf in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska by oil workers in 1982 the “little” guy made his way to the zoo […]

TOADS – OUR LEAST FAVORITE AMPHIBIAN

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FROGS – OUR FAVORITE AMPHIBIAN

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Sea Stars – a simple lesson in complexity

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