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St. Croix Creature Feature: Prothonotary warbler
A brilliant little bird with a big confusing name finds its particular nesting needs along the St. Croix River.
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St. Croix Creature Feature: Spiny softshell turtle
A recent encounter with this year’s hatchlings revealed a tenacious animal.
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Creature Feature: The rare dragonfly that bears the St. Croix River’s name
St. Croix Snaketails have only been known to exist since 1989, when researchers stumbled across the species on the upper river.
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Creature Feature: St. Croix River ‘blobs’ are colonies of unique animals
Bryozoans can form gelatinous balls containing thousands of tiny organisms.
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St. Croix Creature Feature: Cedar waxwings named Bird of the Year
Cedar waxwings are a popular sight along the St. Croix in summer, as the beautiful birds flock, perch, and flit across the river.
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Creature Feature: Winged mapleleaf mussels cling to existence in a short stretch of the St. Croix
Endangered mollusks only live in a fraction of their historic range, while scientist seek to better understand and protect their delicate population.
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Creature Feature: Blue suckers can warn us when something is wrong with the river
Seldom seen bottom-feeders only live where the water is deep and clean, like the St. Croix, and can alert scientists to pollution.
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St. Croix Creature Feature: Eels migrate between the St. Croix River and Atlantic Ocean
The strange and seldom seen fish grow up in the lower St. Croix, then make an incredible journey back to the Sargasso Sea to breed.
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St. Croix Creature Feature: Pelicans use the river as a north-south highway
Flocks of the huge white birds have been spotted on and above the St. Croix River during both spring and fall migration this year.