wildlife
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Call A Beekeeper, Not An Exterminator
The San Diego Padres probably didn’t earn themselves any new fans on Sunday when they opted to call an exterminator to rid the baseball field of a pesky bee swarm. But the act did outrage enough people to serve as a good public service reminder: Call a beekeeper to remove a swarm of bees, not…
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How To Drive On Rough Roads
Roads are different everywhere, so I wasn’t sure what to expect when Lifehacker’s Costa Rica contingent nominated me to drive the rental car. Our roads turned out to be dusty and bumpy, but not hard to drive on if you’re used to this kind of thing. (I found the most stressful part to be parallel…
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How To Get A Bird Out Of Your House
The first time I saw a wild bird indoors, at my grandma’s house, I was so excited because I wanted to keep it. The grownups, meanwhile, were in a slight panic. Everybody in the house was in the room with the bird, gawking at it, hotly debating the best way to evict it. And the…
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Watch: Australian Eastern Quolls Reintroduced To The Wild For The First Time In 50 Years
The Eastern Quoll, one of the snugliest (predatory) little marsupials that ever existed, has been extinct on the Australian mainland for over 50 years. Here’s a relaxing, uplifting way to spend your afternoon: Watching them reintroduced to the Australian mainland for the first time.
