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Aug 143 min

Japanese Beetles

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI. Summer is peak season for...

Jun 22 min

Spruce Galls

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! Over the past week or so,...

Feb 253 min

Raccoon Tracks

Once you have the basics of PEI wildlife track identification, it can be useful to think about gait. How an animal moves tells you a lot...

Feb 213 min

Beaver Extirpation and Reintroduction

Over the past few centuries, PEI has lost some native animals and seen introductions of new, non-native ones. One of the most interesting...

Feb 143 min

Game Bird Introductions

Releasing new species into the wild is generally frowned upon today, but this wasn’t always the case, and the 1940s were the heyday of...

Sep 3, 20233 min

Late Summer Butterflies

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! I’ve been getting a lot of...

Apr 5, 20233 min

The Ring-necked Pheasant Introduction

The 20th century was the ‘Wild West’ of wildlife introductions on PEI. You can read more about the Island’s White-tailed Deer experiment...

Mar 15, 20234 min

Hungarian Partridge

During the 20th century, no fewer than six species of game birds were released on PEI with hopes they would establish. The most...

Mar 1, 20233 min

PEI's White-tailed Deer Experiment

I recently received this lovely photo from Joyce Dewar, granddaughter of Walter Jones who was Premier of PEI from 1943 to 1953. This is...