There are flying squirrels in the dark overhead, with occasional visits to backyard bird feeders
Did you know there are flying squirrels in Cambridge? If you haven’t seen one, it’s probably because flying squirrels are nocturnal. If you have, it might be because the squirrel visits your bird feeder at night.
Ben Franklin’s method of preparing a turkey can’t be advised for your Thanksgiving meal
Ben Franklin experimented with killing chickens and turkeys with electricity using devices called Leyden jars, which he found made fowl meat “eat uncommonly tender.”
In fight against rats, additional money, urgency for weapons from electrocution to birth control
Cambridge is rallying more resources against rats, including a 500 percent expansion of “Smart Boxes” that electrocute the animals one by one and the potential purchase of a carbon monoxide machine that chokes rats to death in their dens.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Nov. 14-20: Garden Street lanes; empanadas filling Izzy’s
Public meetings this week look at rat control and climate zoning; Pikalo Empanadas filling the former Izzy’s restaurant space; the effects of a bus route redesign; Linear Park redesign ideas; urban design guidelines; Coffee With a Cop; and more.
Meet the screech owl, and learn why these birds turn their heads three-quarters around to look
Do screech owls actually screech? To many people, that’s not their sound – and there are also misconceptions about owls’ ears, as well as surprises about their sight.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from comedy to a way to ‘Smash the Patriarchy’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s laughs at a “Best of the Boston Comedy Festival” showcase, action at a Smash the Patriarchy! Abortion Fundraiser and plenty of music, drama, art, literature and science in between.
Bold jumping spiders will attack larger prey, leaping four times the length of their body
If you should happen to see a bold jumping spider inside your cellar or on your lawn furniture, let it be; it is shy and harmless, will most likely run or jump away if it detects you, and can help control insect pests.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Shakespeare and Eliot to ‘Rocky Horror’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Halloween stays strong well into November with a screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a Hawkins Halloween party, singing and music – but there’s also a Cat Film Festival, writing on a Ransomware Hunting Team and Shakespeare comedy and tragedy.
Beautiful wood ducks belong to North America, where the birds were driven nearly to extinction
The wood duck is among the most colorful and beautiful of waterfowl. We are lucky to have them after land clearing by early settlers and commercial hunting in the 1800s.
Attend meetings on new board member stipends, child’s emotional-support hens and much more
Public meetings this week look at introducing some board member stipends, enacting the choice of zero-space parking minimums, Rindge School of Technical Arts improvements and whether an 8-year-old gets to keep his emotional support chickens.
