Wild Ideas
Various times, daily
Wild Ideas explores wildlife and conservation topics across Arkansas—from the Ozark Mountains to the Delta bayous. It's a production of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and KUAR and is written and hosted by Kirsten Bartlow, Watchable Wildlife Coordinator for the AGFC.
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Black bears disappear into Arkansas’s winter landscape.Rock crevices, brush piles and excavated root wads are likely locales to house a bruin. Black bears…
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A beaver’s tail slapping the water was a common sound when European settlers arrived on this continent – North America was up to its ears with this…
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Air rushing through a snipe’s tail feathers creates an otherworldly sound. And though the long tradition of “snipe hunt” pranks has convinced many people…
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This little mammal chirps and twitters like a bird and glides from tree to tree. Base jumpers and skydivers have developed special suits that mimic its…
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The bird famous for this eerie, beautiful call migrates to The Natural State during winter to enjoy large, clear reservoirs.Most birds have hollow bones,…
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A white-tailed deer’s snort sounds like a magnified sneeze. For an Arkansas deer hunter, this may mean the jig is up. These short, explosive snorts are…
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Black bears are walking stomachs – if food is scarce, they’ll go looking for it.Autumn triggers a period of gluttony in bears. During this marathon of…
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The American white pelican may not have a beautiful call, but it is a spectacular sight as is soars gracefully high above on broad, white and black…
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Arkansas’s largest spider is on the move this time of year.When male tarantulas are 8 to 10 years old, they leave their burrows in search of mates from…
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A bull elk’s bugle in the Ozarks can put a chill down your spine – it’s among the spookiest sounds of nature. They do their thing every fall during mating…