Meet the Conehead Katydid. Named for it's cone shaped head but perhaps more interesting is the long sword like spine of the females that resembles a stinger but is actually an ovipositor that they use to lay fertilized eggs in plants. Their call sounds like buzzing powerlines.

Charismatic? ✔️ Cute? ✔️✔ Best kept in the wild? ✔️✔✔ Conservationist Jeff Corwin teamed up with the Service and partners to raise awareness about threats to America’s native turtles & tortoises, including illegal collection. 🐢 #KeepTurtlesWild

It's almost that really special time of the year when our local forests are filled with this delicious native fruit, the PawPaw! Our naturally occurring mature grove at the Wildlife Center has a nice crop of fruit growing right but it's still weeks from being ripe enough to eat.

It's #NationalDogDay! While our pet dogs are seen as beloved members of our own families, their wild cousins, the coyote, wolves and even foxes are often feared, hated and thought of as a menace that must be exterminated. However, as you can see here, they aren't so different.

We are grateful to have been able to rescue this beautiful male Eastern Box Turtle off the road by the Wildlife Center, helping an oncoming vehicle that was seconds away from running it over to swerve around just in time, and then released where it was heading. #Everyturtlecounts

It's that time of the year when many of the turtle nests that were laid in the late spring will be hatching and those turtle hatchlings that don't overwinter in their nests can seem to start appearing out of nowhere while trying to make their way to safe habitat. Keep an eye out!

Our upcoming PawPaw Celebration at Broom's Bloom Dairy on Sept 24th continues to grow and get better each year! For the first time, we will offer a few exciting pieces of PawPaw related artwork and handmade jewelry including this print by Philippe Willis of Our Numinous Nature!

Warning! We're now in full PawPaw mode! Today we picked up hundreds of pounds of delicious fruit from our friends at Deep Run PawPaw Orchard which allows us to leave wild fruit for wildlife by supplying our whole fruit and the sweet real fruit ingredient for ice cream and more!

Today is #NationalPawpawDay, a day recognizing this incredible native fruit! What better day for our special announcement that we have partnered with Hopkins Farm Brewery for their first ever PawPaw beer?! The big release will be on Saturday October 15th at Hopkins Farm Brewery !

Since it's #NationalPawPawDay, here's more PawPaw! Part of what makes it special is not only that the fruit is unique and delicious, but it's not commercially available and it's only ripe for a short period of time in the late summer to early fall. Here is how we process it!

We are working to improve the flow and offerings of our Harford County PawPaw Celebration at Brooms Bloom Dairy each year to improve your experience! We made this map for tomorrow's event (Starts at 12pm) that we will post to help you know where each available item is located!

Tomorrow at the Harford County PawPaw Celebration at Brooms Bloom Dairy, stop by our outdoor food table where we will have PawPaw lemonade, baked goods, whole fruit (limit 1 lb per person), some pre-scooped ice cream, and this delicious limited edition jam by Atwater's !

We are willing to argue that #PawPaw vanilla ice cream is one of the best flavors of all time! You can try this limited batch made from "cow to cone" with fresh ingredients and real PawPaw fruit right at the Brooms Bloom Dairy farm here in Harford Co,tomorrow Sept 24th at 12pm!

Have you ever heard of "possum apples" that fall from a "possumwood" tree? Well these are nicknames for fruit produced by the American Persimmon tree that are a favorite food of our only marsupial, the Virgina Opossum. The Persimmon is a native that provides delicious fall fruit!

We're so excited about the PawPaw Beer Release at Hopkins Farm Brewery! Come out and try this limited edition craft beer made with a special seasonal native fruit while supporting your local wildlife! Fun for the whole family! Hopkins Farm Brewery eventbrite.com/e/pawpaw-beer-…

Join us for a beautiful day on the water enjoying the glowing colors of autumn fallbroadcreekpaddle.eventbrite.com

We hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween! This is the time of the year when everyone celebrates the weird and so-called scary creatures but most of these should be celebrated year round. When it comes to wildlife, the icons of Halloween, are some of our most beneficial.

While doing a wildlife survey we noticed something hiding in between two leaves, soaking up the warmth of the midday sun while remaining hidden from predators. This young Common Water Snake was doing a great job concealing itself so we returned its cover and left it undisturbed.