Something Wild

Something Wild: Porcupines Aren't As Prickly As You Thought

The porcupine’s only real predator is the fisher. It takes a tough critter to eat a porcupine....

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Something Wild: What Makes Summer Thunderstorms Happen?

Today’s topic is thunderstorms. Summer in NH brings those triple H days – hazy, hot, and humid!...

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Something Wild: Smell that Olfactory

We know…we’ve been remiss, and it’s time to talk about the elephant in the room. Something Wild,...

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Something Wild: NH's Wildest Neighborhood...Peatlands

Here at Something Wild we love all things wild (even blackflies !) but sometimes it can be...

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Something Wild: When an Irresistible Force Meets an Immoveable Object

The battlefield is ancient. Strewn with the debris of generations. Trees splintered, rocks...

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Something Wild: Celebrate the Plague of Black Flies

Image yourself on a walk in the woods. It’s early spring; tiny tree flowers are clinging to...

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Something Wild: Garter Snakes

So, this partnership among NHPR, New Hampshire Audubon and the Society for the Protection of New...

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Something Wild: Do Mosquitos Like You Better?

We often think of the “food chain” in the natural world in linear terms: this eats that, which in...

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Something Wild: NH's Other Foliage Season is Now!

New Hampshire is experiencing one of those few rare and special weeks right now. About 48 weeks...

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Something Wild: It's All in the Breeding

A common theme on Something Wild is breeding. (Which is why we always sip our tea with our...

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Something Wild: Why Are Peepers So Loud?

It’s an unmistakable sound. One that elicits memories, sights and scents of events long ago. It...

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Something Wild: Thrushes, A Sure Sign of Spring!

Unfortunately, passing the Equinox, doesn't flip a switch on the weather. While we may be ready...

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Something Wild: What Does the Vernal Equinox Do?

March 20th marks the Vernal Equinox. It's one of two points on our calendar when day and night...

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Something Wild: 20 Years and Counting!

Twenty years ago this week, New Hampshire Audubon, the Society for the Protection of New...

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Something Wild: Habitat Hotspots

As the snow starts to melt you might notice a stark contrast in the landscape. Maybe you were...

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Something Wild: Why Coyotes Seem to be Everywhere

Chris Schadler is a wild canid biologist, and for about 25 years, her specialty has been the...

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Something Wild: Falling in Love with Nature...and Others

Love stories abound this time of year, so what better time to revisit Something Wild’s First...

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Something Wild: NH Fisher Numbers Are Down, But Why?

Fisher populations are down, there’s consensus among wildlife biologists at least about that. But...

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Something Wild: Teachers Spread the Nature Bug

No one knows better than teachers how quickly a bug, once introduced, can take hold. We’re not...

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Something Wild: Sand Dunes are More than Just Piles of Sand

This week we have another edition of New Hampshire’s Wild Neighborhoods, where we take a closer...

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