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Creature Feature: Bats Under Threat

White-nose syndrome is decimating populations of these cave-dwelling, insect-devouring mammals.

Creature Feature: Where Are the Honeybees?

The insect that has a role in so many aspects of our food supply has only half the population it did in the 1940s.

The Hellbender: Bending the Rules

The odd-looking hellbender is North America’s largest salamander. Video courtesy of by Jeff Humphries.

Winged Sunshine

Sulphur butterflies brighten summer days throughout the mountain region.

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These little brown bats are infected with white-nose syndrome.

Creature Feature: Bats Under Threat

White-nose syndrome is decimating populations of these cave-dwelling, insect-devouring mammals.
Honeybee

Creature Feature: Where Are the Honeybees?

The insect that has a role in so many aspects of our food supply has only half the population it did in the 1940s.
The hellbender can get as large as two and a half feet long. To see a video of this creature in its natural environment, visit BlueRidgeCountry.com/Hellbender.

The Hellbender: Bending the Rules

The odd-looking hellbender is North America’s largest salamander. Video courtesy of by Jeff Humphries.
Sulphur Butterfly

Winged Sunshine

Sulphur butterflies brighten summer days throughout the mountain region.
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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
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