Winter is an especially great time to go hunting for animal tracks in the snow. In summer, animals’ prints can be difficult to spot on packed dirt trails. But snow preserves them, allowing hikers to ...

Winter is an especially great time to go hunting for animal tracks in the snow. In summer, animals’ prints can be difficult to spot on packed dirt trails. But snow preserves them, allowing hikers to ...

Animal tracks appear in our daily lives often while riding on a chairlift, strolling on snowshoes or gliding on cross-country skis. Interpreting animal tracks is rewarding because we can enjoy the ...

Learn to decipher who's behind the flurry of activity happening near your home. Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the ...

While it sometimes seems that winter is a quiet time in terms of animal activity, wildlife abounds all around us. It is true that many Eagle River Valley animal residents are hibernating or have ...

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. Learn how to read tracks, and you’ll learn a new language, one that communicates the hidden stories of the animals that leave the tracks. Our ...

Rock faces in Namibia are decorated with hundreds of stone-age images not only of animals and human footprints, but also of animal tracks. These have been largely neglected to date as researchers ...

Wet weather creates ideal conditions for tracking animals due to clear impressions left in soft ground. Experts suggest placing food or scents in muddy areas to attract animals and observe their ...

The wet spring and summer have been good months to find animal tracks in the soft ground, and there are several fun ways for hikers and families to see what types of animals are walking around their ...