The Masked Biologist
Commentator - Wildlife MattersThe Masked Biologist is a weekly commentator on WXPR talking about natural resources and wildlife in the Northwoods. He is anonymous so that he can separate his professional life as a biologist from his personal feelings about the natural world.
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Black bears are easily one of our most intriguing wildlife species up here.A few weeks back an anonymous listener from the Rhinelander area submitted a…
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A chance encounter with a common bird in an unexpected place inspired the topic for this week’s Wildlife Matters with the Masked Biologist.Recently I was…
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Inspired by a Curious North question, this week’s Wildlife Matters finds the Masked Biologist pondering what might be causing a snapping or popping sound…
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There seem to be more red foxes than usual this year across northern Wisconsin. In this week’s Wildlife Matters, the Masked Biologist takes an in-depth…
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One of the benefits of having experts like the Masked Biologist as a WXPR contributor is that you get the latest breaking wildlife news, good or bad.…
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Are we ready to give our children the tools they will need to face environmental challenges in the future, or are the tools we’ve always used good enough…
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Here in Wisconsin, almost all our snakes are non-venomous, and rely on deceptive defense measures to scare off potential threats. The eastern hognose is…
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In this episode of Wildlife Matters, the Masked Biologist looks at a news story from the west coast that involved bears, dogs, people, and at least one…
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Although still somewhat unusual, sightings of sandhill cranes in fields, meadows and wetlands of the Northwoods are increasingly common. Sandhill cranes…
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In recent days, a report titled “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful” was released in response to one of President Biden’s first Executive…