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If you don’t like mosquitoes or bugs that bug you, then you have to love bats! These fascinating flying mammals (the only mammal that truly flies) can each eat many hundreds of insects per night, which makes them a vital […]
Bring your young nature lover to Newport News Parks Discovery Center for our nature story time! On the second Wednesday of each month (March-November) well have a new picture storybook about animals and their adventures in nature. Afterwards, we'll embark […]
Wooded shoreline, open water, plant-filled marsh, flowing stream - put these all together and you have a great habitat for beavers! The reservoir and marsh in Newport News Park provide a perfect home for beavers, who in turn build and […]
In storybooks and fables around the world, foxes are often the “bad guys” - cunning, sneaky, deceptive - always ready to steal a meal or raid the chicken coop. How did they get those reputations - being very intelligent? Being […]
These highly intelligent and resourceful critters can mean two different things to us: woodland wild creatures ... or neighborhood troublemakers. Can they be both? The fact is, raccoons use their many skills to help them thrive in both worlds. Please […]
Bring your young nature lover to Newport News Parks Discovery Center for our nature story time! On the second Wednesday of each month (March-November) well have a new picture storybook about animals and their adventures in nature. Afterwards, we'll embark […]
Bring your young nature lover to Newport News Parks Discovery Center for our nature story time! On the second Wednesday of each month (March-November) well have a new picture storybook about animals and their adventures in nature. Afterwards, we'll embark […]