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A Moment in The Wild: Streamside Salamanders

In this episode of A Moment in the Wild, wildlife technician Zach Truelock introduces you to the streamside salamander. This salamander lives in underground burrows and lays its eggs in small headwater streams in the winter/early spring. This species also...

Publication-American Paddlefish

This publication  American Paddlefish FNR-625-W is the fifth in a series of consumer guides that describe fish and shellfish farmed in the Midwest region of the United States. The fact sheet also includes culinary characteristics, cooking tips and a recipe...

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Quaking Aspen

The classic and trusted book "Fifty Common Trees of Indiana" by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species.  Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated through a joint effort by the Purdue Department of Forestry...

A Moment in the Wild: Cave Salamanders

In this episode of A Moment in the Wild, wildlife technician Zach Truelock introduces you to another member of the lungless salamander family, the cave salamander. This species, identifiable by its bright orange/red coloration covered in black spots, lives in...

A Moment in the Wild: Wood Frogs

In this edition of A Moment in the Wild, meet one of our early spring breeding species of frogs, the wood frog. This species may vary in color from tan and browns to reds and pinks, but is identifiable by...

100 Year Project Shares New Video, Prescribed Fire

In this HEE Prescribed Fire video, Charlotte Owings, project coordinator on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE) explains the forest management technique of prescribed fire and how it is being utilized on the HEE. What is HEE? The focus of forest...

A Moment in the Wild: Jefferson Salamanders

In this episode of A Moment in the Wild, wildlife technician Zach Truelock introduces you to the Jefferson salamander, a species which lives in underground burrows and lays its eggs during the winter. If you have any questions regarding wildlife,...

How Do Terrestrial Salamanders Respond to Timber Harvest?

The effects of planting or harvesting a tree often takes time to see. What are the long-term effects on the forest ecosystem as a whole, and also on individual species within it? A new research publication “Response of Terrestrial Salamanders...

ID That Tree: Pignut Hickory

In this edition of ID That Tree, meet another member of the hickory family that can found in upland areas, the pignut hickory. This species is identifiable by its five-leaflet compound leaves, its smooth round nut and partially open husk....

A Moment in the Wild: Spotted Salamanders

In this edition of A Moment in the Wild, Zach Truelock introduces you to the spotted salamander, which is easily identifiable by the two rows of spots on its back. Learn more about their lives and breeding methods inside. If...

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