Mallard nests are often located some distance from water and are typically on the ground and concealed by vegetation. Especially in urban areas, nests may also be found in unusual places such as in a flowerpot or planter, under landscape shrubbery…
Gray foxes prefer bluffs, hills, woodlands and field edges for den sites. The den is often located on a brushy and timbered hillside and may be in a brush pile, beneath a rock outcrop, in a hollow tree or a hollow log and less frequently in an…
Young white-tailed deer, called fawns, are typically born in May and June. The doe may give birth to 1-3 fawns, and they can weigh as little as three pounds at birth. For the first 2-3 weeks after they are born, fawns lack the strength and speed to…
Coyotes usually mate in February or March, and pups are generally born in April. The number of pups in a litter is typically 3-7, but numbers can vary quite a bit. They den in abandoned, existing animal burrows that they modify, or they'll dig a new…
A cottontail's nest is typically a shallow cup scraped into the soil, lined with some of the mother rabbit's fur and dried grasses. In human residential areas, these nests are often in unusual locations, such as the middle of a lawn, by a sidewalk,…
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center, including the Explorium, is again open to the public after closing in March due to a boiler malfunction.
As the weather warms and people across the state begin spending more time outside, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages the public to be bear aware and take steps to prevent potential conflicts with black bears this spring.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the winners of the Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) awarded the first ever Adopt a Fish or Wildlife Area and Friends Group of the Year awards to conservation partners.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that fire management crews are starting to perform prescribed burns on DNR properties throughout the state where local conditions can provide a safe and effective burn.