Wildlife

A wolf track runs 3.5 to 5 in long with blunt claw marks and a heavy triangular heel pad. Here is how to measure one and how the stride separates wolf from dog and coyote.

Javelina scat is a dark, segmented mass about 1 to 2 in wide, packed with plant fiber and cactus spines. Here is how to tell it from deer, coyote and dog droppings.

Blue dragonflies are nearly always mature males. Here are the eight common US species, the field marks that separate them, and whether they bite.

Pink spiders exist, but most US sightings are crab spiders or mites. How to identify each one, and why none of them is dangerous.

Seeing a salamander is read as transformation already under way. Fire lore, water lore, four traditions kept separate, and what the sighting means by situation.

Only one frog is truly purple, and it lives in India. Here is how to tell it apart and which US frogs look purple in the field.

The ornate box turtle wears yellow lines on a dark shell, stays under 6 in, and lives 30 to 50 years on the Great Plains. Identification, diet, predators and the laws that protect it.

Seeing a bear is read as a call to hold your boundaries. What bear symbolism means in Native American, biblical, Celtic and East Asian traditions, situation by situation.

Leopard geckos eat live insects only. Here are the staple feeders, portion sizes by age, the feeding schedule, and the supplements that prevent bone disease.

A frog in a dream is read as transformation and cleansing. What it means in biblical, Islamic, Hindu, Native American and Celtic interpretation.