The largest winter wildlife track on PEI comes from an animal you might not have thought of: the Bald Eagle! Learn more in today’s post. www.pei-untamed.com/post/bald-ea...

Winter is a great time to spot a cool phenomenon of conifer trees: blue resin! Check out today’s post to learn about the colour and cause. www.pei-untamed.com/post/blue-tr...

All types of wildlife leave tracks and sign - even birds! Today’s post looks at the differences between tracks of native Ruffed Grouse and introduced Ring-necked Pheasant. www.pei-untamed.com/post/grouse-...

Have you ever thought about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping your leaves year-round like conifers do? The trees sure have - check out today’s post to learn more! www.pei-untamed.com/post/conifer...

It takes practice to tell feline tracks from canine, but side-by-side examples can help point out the differences. Check out today’s post to learn what to look for! www.pei-untamed.com/post/feline-...

Ice can be beautiful on frosty winter mornings. We usually call this ‘hoar frost’ but it’s often a very different type of ice. Check out the phenomena in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/hoar-fr...

It may look like a Muppet ran through your yard, but it’s really a Snowshoe Hare! Learn about Hare tracks & scat in today’s post. www.pei-untamed.com/post/snowsho...

Here in the Maritimes, lichens are bright spots in the mostly-monochromatic winter landscape. They also have some very cool adaptations. Check out today’s post to learn more! www.pei-untamed.com/post/sunburs...

It’s wild canine breeding season here in the Maritimes, so foxes and coyotes are especially active. That makes it a great time to brush up on your canine track ID! Check out today’s post for helpful tips. www.pei-untamed.com/post/canine-...

It’s been bitterly cold here on PEI and in many parts of North America. Media have been all abuzz about the temperature causing trees to ‘explode’. Want to look beyond the clickbait and into facts? Check out today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/explodi...

No feet? No problem! Just like other animals, snakes leave tracks and use a range of gaits. Learn about serpentine locomotion in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/snake-t...

Some fungi just don’t play by the rules! This fungus is more closely related to many-pored bracket fungi than other toothed fungi, and preys on insects trying to prey on it. The very cool Northern Tooth! www.pei-untamed.com/post/norther...

Meet the beautiful, migratory songbird that’s among the most-commonly heard in PEI forests (and terrified a 100 lb dog!): the Parula Warbler. www.pei-untamed.com/post/parula-...

Here’s a group of mushrooms that’s common, edible, easy-to-identify and - here on PEI at least - everywhere! Meet the Slippery Jacks. www.pei-untamed.com/post/slipper...

It’s alien-looking, toxic, medicinal, and the bane of farmers in some places. Meet the interesting - and native - Cocklebur. www.pei-untamed.com/post/cocklebur

It looks like the leftovers from someone’s lunch but may have an important future in medicine. Check out Orange Peel Fungus in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/orange-...

They look like a fungus and produce sugar-rich poop. Meet Woolly Alder Aphids! www.pei-untamed.com/post/woolly-...

Today’s mushroom is beautiful and delicious but does have a toxic lookalike to be aware of. Meet the Shaggy Parasols! www.pei-untamed.com/post/shaggy-...

Edible, medicinal, and ecologically important? Sounds like the bears are on to something! Meet Bearberry in today’s post. www.pei-untamed.com/post/bearberry

A delicious, purple mushroom? Why, yes, don’t mind if I do! Meet the Blewit. www.pei-untamed.com/post/blewits

Happy Halloween!

It doesn’t tower like its Birch-tree kin, but it’s still beautiful. Meet Bog Birch in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/bog-birch

When you think of culinary Sweetbreads, mushrooms are probably not the first things that come to mind. Check out today’s post to learn about this smelly, edible fungus! www.pei-untamed.com/post/sweetbr...

Holey rocks may or may not bring us good luck, but they definitely benefit the creatures that make them. Check out today’s post to learn more. www.pei-untamed.com/post/holey-r...

I usually ignore LBMs (Little Brown Mushrooms) as being too challenging to identify, but these are uncharacteristically distinctive. Meet Mica Caps! www.pei-untamed.com/post/mica-caps

Scientific names are important and can keep you from mistaking a toxic plant for an edible one. Check out today’s post and don’t confuse Wild Lily-of-the-Valley with Lily-of-the-Valley! www.pei-untamed.com/post/wild-li...

Happy Thanksgiving! Today’s fungus is appropriately pumpkin-coloured but not one you want to add to the table. Check it out! 😊 www.pei-untamed.com/post/false-c...

It’s not as well-known as its siblings - Trembling Aspen and Large-toothed Aspen - but Balsam Poplar is a beautiful, rare native tree. Check it out in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/balsam-...

I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll send your spores out! Today’s post features the fun, edible, and ecologically helpful Common Puffball. www.pei-untamed.com/post/common-...

Have you ever wondered why Trembling Aspen leaves tremble? Check out today’s post to find out! www.pei-untamed.com/post/trembli...

You can roll up this rim, but you won’t win a prize. Meet Brown Roll-Rim, aka ‘Poison Pax’! www.pei-untamed.com/post/brown-r...

Our marine environment is home to amazing and unusual creatures. Unfortunately, this one is also invasive. Check out today’s post on the Golden Star Tunicate. www.pei-untamed.com/post/star-tu...

It’s common, ecologically-important, medicinal, and easy-to-identify. Meet Birch Polypore! www.pei-untamed.com/post/birch-p...

Many people have never seen PEI’s rarest native tree, but you can in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/ironwood

Biology, Geometry, Greek Mythology, and modern medical research all meet in this mushroom. Check out today’s post to learn more! www.pei-untamed.com/post/maze-po...

PEI’s rarest native conifer comes with a very cool adaptation. Learn all about it in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/jack-pine

Beauty, biodiversity, and butt rot - Dyer’s Polypore offers it all. Learn more in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/dyer-s-...

It may look alien or dangerous, but this lovely insect is both native and beneficial. Check out today’s post to learn more! www.pei-untamed.com/post/america...

One of the chemicals that gives this fungus its distinctive colour is also found in the human brain. Check out today’s post to learn about Cinnabar Polypore! www.pei-untamed.com/post/cinnaba...

From the garden to the kitchen to the medicine cabinet, Mallow has a range of uses. Check them out - as well as where marshmallow fits - in today’s post. www.pei-untamed.com/post/musk-ma...

It’s International Dog Day! Senior gentleman Ruairidh (centre) prefers short walks these days, while Dileas (left) and Cuan (right) are up for anything.

You likely recognize their late-summer sound, but do you know what they look like? Meet the Dog-day Cicada! www.pei-untamed.com/post/cicadas

Loved and hated, edible and toxic, native and not: Milkweed is a plant of contradictions! Check out today’s post to learn why. www.pei-untamed.com/post/milkweed

PEI has a reputation of being nothing but boring, red sandstone, but we have pebble beaches that can hold my attention for hours. Check out today’s post for an example! www.pei-untamed.com/post/pebbles

There are some odd-looking flowers on PEI: meet Water Arum (Calla palustris) in today’s post! www.pei-untamed.com/post/water-a...

📣PEI Untamed Videos Launched! 📣 I’m excited to collaborate with Harrison Olajos and Chris Brown (ideasinthebarn) to create a series of short videos. I’ll be sharing some here, or you can check out more on my YouTube channel. First up: Yarrow. Let me know what you think! youtu.be/IvQ64l7MF3A

I’m pretty sure “banana for scale” doesn’t usually mean a mushroom. Check out today’s post to learn about these beautiful and edible fungi! www.pei-untamed.com/post/banana-...

Not all mints are edible! Check out this beautiful, native, and toxic species. www.pei-untamed.com/post/canada-...

If you’re called Heal-all, you’d better have the resume to back it up. Check out today’s post to see how this native plant earned that moniker. www.pei-untamed.com/post/heal-all

What has blue flowers with white pollen, is edible, and the source of commercial inulin? Meet Chicory! www.pei-untamed.com/post/chicory