Question Answered by Cory Braastad, Biological Field Technician, INL ESER Program If you have a flower garden at your house there is a good chance you have seen a Monarch butterfly floating around. As you are watching them you might wonder how to tell the difference between males and females. They are the same color…
Question Answered by Cory Braastad, Biological Field Technician, INL ESER Program Bumblebees are large, gentle giants of the bee world. They are actually the largest of the bees. Bumblebees are excellent pollinators. It’s actually the females that do most of the pollinating. Their coats are especially furry. This means their coats easily pick up pollen,…
Answered by Gregg Losinski, Conservation Educator At first glance, this would appear to be a simple yes or no question, but like many things with bears, the answer is more complex. The simple answer is that most mammals have things that look like whiskers, bears included. The hairs that we would call whiskers are more…
Question Answered by Tamara Cox, Registered Nurse Here’s the deal. They can do quite a bit to protect people from “your” germs, but social distancing is still the best and first defense. So, definitely wear them! Wear them for your friends and neighbors. Wear them for the sweet senior citizen down the street and your…
Question Answered by Gregg Losinski, Wildlife Biologist and Conservation Educator The main active ingredient of bear spray and pepper spray is identical, Oleoresin Capsicum or OC for short. It is created from a naturally occurring substance called capsaicin that is found in hot peppers. What makes the two sprays different is the delivery method and…
Question Answered by Cory Braastad, Biological Field Technician,.INL ESER Program This is a good question since there are several different factors behind this. The first thing I like to know is what time of year was this? There would be 3 different seasons that could effect the color of the birds: spring, summer and fall.…
Answered by Quinn Shurtliff, Wildlife Biologist, INL ESER Program The difference between a rabbit and a jackrabbit boils down to this simple fact: the jackrabbit is not a rabbit at all, it’s a hare. Jackrabbits are native to North and Central America and comprise six of about 30 hare species worldwide. Apparently, the long ears…
Answered by Idaho Fish and Game biologist Pronghorn are quite a unique species. They grow horns that shed annually unlike other species that grow horns that get larger each year like bighorn sheep and mountain goats. Horns are different than antlers. Horns are made from a keratinous sheath that grows from a core of live…
Answered by Alan Jensen, Registered Pharmacist The reason you were prescribed an antibiotic is because your body has been infected by bacteria that are making you sick. The antibiotic is a drug that kills the bacteria that are making you sick. Normally antibiotics are prescribed to last 7 to 10 days. Usually this is enough…
Your nails have a job to do. The hard surface of your nails helps to protect the tips of your fingers and toes. We have also evolved to have nails because they help us pick things up (like food), pick things off (like bugs), and hold tightly onto things. Nails themselves are made of keratin.…
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