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CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Announcing a one-hour presentation highlighting some of Maine’s more secretive wildlife species on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm.  We rarely see these creatures but there is much to learn about them and their lifestyles.  This presentation will feature Atlantic puffins, black bears, Northern saw-whet owls, Canada lynx, and the American […]

CARRABASSETT VALLEY - Carrabassett Valley Public Library is announcing a one-hour presentation highlighting some of Maine’s more secretive wildlife species. Folks rarely see these creatures but there is much to learn about them and their lifestyles. This presentation will feature Atlantic puffins, black bears, Northern saw-whet owls, Canada lynx, and the American mink along with

How Ballarat's flora and fauna have fared over four decades.

Also: swallows in town, and watch out for masked lapwings.

CUSHING — Join the Cushing Historical Society on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m., for The Wonder of Maine’s Wildlife. Hear a presentation featuring fine photographs of some of Maine’s iconic and beautiful wildlife. Ed Robinson, of Orr’s Island,...

Cicadas are often called locusts, but they really aren’t. Locusts are grasshoppers and belong to a different group of insects, along with crickets and katydids. Cicadas have their own group.

When something colorful flutters in a garden or long grass, do you think “butterfly”? Or perhaps “moth”? Or maybe even “day-flying moth”?

By Joe FoRD NATURE CENTER BOARD For the Messenger-Inquirer

I’ve never been much into foraging, the practice of finding edible natives and non-natives in the landscape or countryside. Oh, there are some things, like wild strawberries, mulberries, raspberries, and

As the season changes and spring gets into full swing, one of the things we anticipate is the return of certain birds and insects. Many will overwinter here, but others