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Wild Double Take: Greater and Lesser Prairie-chickens

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike grouse, the greater and lesser prairie-chickens.

Establishing a Successful Wildscape

Attracting wildlife to your yard can be as simple as providing four basic habitat components in your wildscape: food, water, cover, and space.

Wild Double Take: Prairie Kingsnake and Great Plains Ratsnake

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike snakes, the prairie kingsnake and Great Plains ratsnake.

Tips for Sharing the Hunting Heritage with Kids

Conservation is funded by sportsmen when they buy hunting and fishing licenses and pay federal excise taxes on sporting goods, so an important part of ensuring a future for conservation includes ensuring a future for sportsmen. Share your heritage!

Wild Double Take: Bumble and Carpenter Bees

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike bees: bumble and carpenter bees.

“Will You Walk into My Parlour?”

For some people, spiders have an "uncanny ick" about them. We share tips from spider enthusiasts for living – or at least existing – with eight-legged visitors to our homes and spaces.

Wild Double Take: Alligator Snapping and Common Snapping Turtles

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike turtles, the alligator snapping and common snapping turtles.

Attracting Amphibians and Reptiles to Your Wildscape

We share tips for managing amphibians and reptiles in a variety of settings.

Wild Double Take: Woodhouse's and American Toads

Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike toads, the Woodhouse's and American Toads.

Tips for Moving Turtles From Roadways

Oklahoma's roads can be a dangerous place for wildlife, especially deliberate but slow-moving turtles. As you motor across the state this spring, consider lending these fellow travelers a hand with these three tips.