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WNJ Exclusive: NJTV interview with Wild NJ author to run tomorrow
NJTV's Life and Living with Joanna Gagis will run their interview with David Wheeler author of Wild New Jersey Nature Adventures In The Garden State at 2 PM this Saturday, January 28, 2012. The NJTV program, produced by the Caucus Educational Corporation, highlights the lifestyle and culture of New Jersey's citizens and showcases the great destinations that make New Jersey unique. Music and the arts, fitness and fashion, food and wine, travel and tourism will all be featured in this exciting series.
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Discover Magazine: No, wait, THIS is the world's smallest frog
Less than a month after Kraus’s announcement, Eric Rittmeyer and Christopher Austin from Louisiana University have found an even smaller frog, just 7 to 8 millimetres long. It’s dwarfed by a dime. It’s not just the world’s smallest frog, but the world’s smallest back-boned animal.
Photo Credit: discovermagazine.com
WNJ Exclusive: Wild NJ goes to Authors Showcase at enviro ed conference tomorrow
ANJEE's 27th Annual Environmental Education Conference will host nature author David Wheeler at the Authors' Showcase event on Saturday, January 28, 2012. The interactive lecture will be held at the Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Click here for directions.
Wheeler's Wild New Jersey Road Trip has reached audiences at over 60 venues statewide, including Liberty Science Center, Jenkinson's Aquarium, the Forum Theatre, Merrill Creek Reservoir, the Noyes Museum of Art, New Jersey Audubon's Cape MayGration, and Rutgers University. For upcoming events, click here.
New Jersey Moths: The Toothed Phigalia - A true winter moth with an interesting historical connection to New Jersey
The Toothed Phigalia moth, a true winter moth.
Photos courtesy of David Moskowitz
January is the month when those of us addicted to moths begin to really have serious withdrawal. It is the time of year when there is virtually nothing on the wing and we check around lights mostly in vain. Despite all the winter behind us, spring and with it lots of moths, still seems a long way off. Soon enough, pitchers and catchers will report to spring training, the maple buds will begin to swell, skunk cabbage will poke through the muck, sugar maple sap will flow and the first red-winged blackbirds will be seen. But for now, these all feel distant.
Cape May County Herald: Dragon Boats Coming to Cape May
At a Tue., Jan. 10 Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May meeting, Cathy Sauerzopf, chamber office manager, said 22 Dragons, a Canadian company, would arrive with boats, vests, timers, paddles and a staff. She said the festival would be a great fundraiser. Companies and community groups race against each other, according to a video from 22 Dragons.
Photo Credit: thingsyoushoulddo.com
Discovery News: Are pesticides behind massive bee collapse?
Powdery waste blown off from seed planters was found to contain up to 700,000 times the bee's lethal dosage of neonicotinoid insecticides in a Purdue University study. The study also found the insecticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam in dead bees laying in and around hives in Indiana.
Photo Credit: enviropest.com
WNJ Exclusive: WNJ Road Trip book tour rolls on to East Brunswick
East Brunswick - celebrated in the book Wild New Jersey: Nature Adventures In The Garden State for its salamander migration, moth nights, and Butterfly Park - will host nature author David Wheeler at an Option Green event on Thursday, February 2, 2012. The interactive lecture will be held at 7 PM at the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center at 721 Cranbury Road in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
EBTV's This Week in East Brunswick aired an interview with Wheeler recently to promote the upcoming talk. To watch the interview, click on Video on Demand, then on This Week in East Brunswick Jan 12, 2012 edition. Clip starts at 7:10.
Click here for more information about the Option Green series.
Wheeler's Wild New Jersey Road Trip has reached audiences at over 60 venues statewide, including Liberty Science Center, Jenkinson's Aquarium, the Forum Theatre, Merrill Creek Reservoir, the Noyes Museum of Art, New Jersey Audubon's Cape MayGration, and Rutgers University. For upcoming events, click here.
Nature's Focus: The Harlequin Duck
Photos courtesy of Thomas W. Gorman
One of the more popular New Jersey shore points where photographers like to visit during the cold winter months is the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. In this area numerous species of wintering birds and waterfowl can be easily viewed either along the dunes, or within the bay and near the jetty itself. Keep in mind that the weather along the northern tip of Long Beach Island will be downright windy and frigid; you will want to dress and layer yourself properly so you are better protected from the elements. Remember also to keep safety in mind as you walk along the walkways and on, or along the jetty. With the continuous misting and freezing, those areas tend to be a bit slippery. Having said all that, now we can head out to see one of the most colorful ducks which reside during the winter months at the Barnegat jetty and bay areas.
Audubon Magazine: How Are Birds Ending Up In Tiger Shark Bellies?
The findings beg the question: How in the world did creatures of the sky end up inside denizens of the deep? 
Photo Credit: Albert kok
My Central Jersey: Filmmaker's documentary tells the tale of the Sourlands
Filmmaker Jared Flesher working on his documentary about the Sourlands.
Photo courtesy of Jared Flesher
The News of Cumberland County: Winter Eagle Festival returns to Mauricetown
Hundreds of bird watchers from across the state and country will gather in the wild lands of Cumberland County on Saturday, Feb. 11, to observe these majestic birds in their natural habitat. The bald eagle has made a remarkable comeback over the last 30 years. According to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, there was a single breeding pair of bald eagles in the state in 1973, secreted away in a remote forest in Cumberland County.
Photo Credit: Don Freiday
NJ.com: Dead whale washes ashore in Ocean City
Officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center tell The Press of Atlantic City that the roughly 20-foot whale showed signs of decay when it came ashore in Ocean City on Monday. But it was not immediately clear what caused its death.
Photo Credit: Dale Gerhard
Focus on the Meadowlands: Great Black-backed Squirrel, Great Black-backed Gull, Fall Bird-banding Results
Photos courtesy of Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
We saw this rare Black-backed [Eastern Gray] Squirrel in Rutherford near the Community Gardens last week.
Discovery News: Can Dogs Read Minds? Not Exactly
Human babies also possess the ability, described in the latest Current Biology. The discovery might help to explain why so many people treat their furry pals like their kids.
Photo Credit: Getty Images
EBTV: Video interview with David Wheeler
EBTV's This Week in East Brunswick aired an interview with nature author David Wheeler in its January 12, 2012 episode. Wheeler, the author of Wild New Jersey: Nature Adventures In The Garden State, will be delivering an interactive lecture for the community's Option Green series on Thursday, February 2, 2012.
To watch the interview, click on Video on Demand, then on This Week in East Brunswick Jan 12, 2012 edition. Clip starts at 7:10.
Click here for more information about the Option Green series.
Don's Jersey Birding: Get Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count
by WNJ Correspondent Matt McCann
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society are pleased to announce the 2012 Meadowlands Big Year competition.
Even if you don't have a backyard, visit your local nature center or park and count birds with friends.
Photo courtesy of Don Torino
Forget about those Super Bowl parties. They are only held one day a year and the game lasts only a few hours. There is a another big event in February that lasts four days, goes on from sunup to sundown, and it gets all members of the family involved. It’s the 15th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), which will be held February 17-20.
Each year, tens of thousands of people of all ages participate in the GBBC by counting birds in their backyards, schoolyards, nature centers, and wherever else birds can be found. You can count as little as 15 minutes on any one of the four days or count all day on all four; it’s up to you.
The Daily Journal: 'Frankenfish' threaten NJ's waterways
Picture Credit: Konrad P. Schmidt
Instead, the Northern Snakehead is scary because it’s an alien invasive fish with the potential to disrupt the ecology of New Jersey’s rivers, streams and lakes by decimating native species. And it may be headed for the Pine Barrens, home to some of the most pristine waters and robust native fish populations in this state we’re in.
Fishing the Garden State: Seasons of Bass Part 2 - Spring
Photo Credit: Randy on topix.com
Spring is the most active season for bass, and it’s probably the most active season for bass fishermen as well. The weather is not too hot or too cold and it’s nice to get out after a long, cold winter. This is a great time of year, and probably the easiest time of year to catch bass.
National Wildlife Federation: Kids in Green Neighborhoods Play Outside More
Photo Credit: Michael Delvin
The Meadowlands Nature Blog: 2012 Meadowlands Big Year Challenge
Photo Credit: meadowblog.net
The goal is to see as many different bird species as possible in the 14 towns of the Meadowlands District over the course of 2012 — and also to have fun birding.