Wildlife

A black and white bee is usually a bald faced hornet, a sand wasp, or a leafcutter bee. How to tell them apart and which one is worth avoiding.

Every North American water snake is harmless. Here are the two marks that separate them from the one venomous lookalike.

Red-shouldered bugs, milkweed bugs, and seed bugs all get called boxelder bugs. Here is how to tell them apart, and how to spot the one lookalike that bites.

Shark symbolism stands for power, sharp instinct and fearless forward motion, with a shadow side of hidden danger. What a shark means spiritually, in dreams, in Hawaiian culture, as a tattoo and in everyday language.

Snakes hiss, rattle, growl, shriek, and pop air from the vent. Here is each snake sound, the species that makes it, and the night noise it gets confused with.

Moose tracks are the largest cloven hoof prints in North America at 4.5 to 7 in long. How to read them in snow, mud and sand, and how to separate them from elk, deer, cattle and horses.

Most tick bites look like one small painless red bump. Here is the day by day timeline, the lookalikes, and the signs that need a doctor.

Chipmunk pellets are rice sized at 0.25 to 0.33 in, rat pellets raisin sized at 0.5 to 0.75 in. Size, shape, location and the safe way to clean either one up.

Mink scat is a 2 to 3 in rope tapered at both ends and full of fish scales. Here is how to identify it and separate it from otter, rat, and weasel droppings.