Well, it's been a while since I did this column! I recently got back from New Orleans, AKA "foodie heaven." It's the best...

There are a number of advantages to visiting places that naturally have cool wild animals. One, you get to see wild animals in their natura...

Remember when I said I had experience handling reptiles? Well... These are all my hatchling corn snakes ( Pantherophis guttatus ; for...

Did you know you might have wild carrots growing in your backyard? It's true. Most flower guides, however, will not mention that the pl...

Oh, hey, speaking of feral superhogs, wild pigs just hit a new record. They have been problematic in the Unites States for a long time, bei...

I've said it countless times: I am not a monkey person. That does not mean the monkeys will not be covered on this blog. They just are ...

Remember how I said that there would be more weird plants now that summer has hit? I was right. Lo and behold, there was something very wei...

We sometimes envy people who grew up in the country. Yes, the poor education and sparse ukiie of technology would tend to suck, but there i...

So, at the start of this theme week, we covered the rather casually tossed-around term, "pterodactyl." While it is technically a ...

It's almost March. That means Spring will be coming soon. This also means that several other animals, such as monarch butterflies, will...

I apologize in advance for the video I am about to show you: Yes, snails can actually be interesting to watch. I had the pleasure of s...

Is there any vertebrate that sounds less appetizing than porcupine? It's big, and there's a lot of meat there, but it has spines, t...

In the vein of speculation about the new Grass-type starter, "porcupine" has come up repeatedly. The idea of getting a massive po...

Looking at the design of one of the latest Pokemon, Chespin, made me notice something: it is really, really hard to make rodents anywhere n...

OK, I've been bad. It would be downright cruel to you all if I didn't do something relating to the apocalypse. December 21st, 2012 ...

When we think "pack hunters," or even "social animals," wolves are usually the first things that pop into people's ...

Aside from being nocturnal, owls are often depicted as the most human of birds. They have forward-facing eyes and round heads, just like pe...

Honesty time: I tried to resist doing this one. Texas Longhorns are awesome, but at first I thought them better for Freak Week. The juices ...

In Texas, every souvenir shop has something made out of a weird, dead animal. Hotlix are everywhere. Quite a few places had longhorn cow sk...

 That said, armadillos are fascinating creatures. Really, what's not to love about a mammalian pillbug with an anteater face, bunny ear...