המועדפים של dcoldren

Never in my life have I seen a skink this far north,not to mention in March,or in a gravel parking lot near East Heights. It was cool...

Found under a rotting log along with two blue-spotted salamanders.

on common milkweed

Juvenile American Shad top with other juvenile Alosa for comparison. Especially note the shape of the preopercle, head, mouth, and eye size.

In the gills of a Lingcod

Still washed up at Tolowa Dunes State Park.

snake being held by USGS researchers

I was disturbed to discover that this giant roundworm had been living in my gut for months

Gigantic (456g!) mudpuppy found in Wolf Lake on Chicago's S Side; found in minnow trap

A "piebald" elongatus.

Likely knocked from a tree during recent snow storm