Virtual Learning Center

Wildlife Wonders

Today is Firefly Day!

Live Programs

Today is Five-Lined Skink Day!
Eastern Ratsnake
Explore the Rocky Shore at Hammonasset!
Hammonasset Beach State Park Tour
Today is Spring Peeper Day!
Baby Water Snake Release
Today is Eastern Box Turtle Day!
Today is Bird Songs Day!
Grey Tree Frog
Today is Garter Snake Day!
Coyotes
Baby Great Horned Owl
Faces of the DEEP – Deputy Commissioner Mason Trumbull
Biking the Air Line Trail Today
Hognose Snake Craft

Vocabulary Words

  • Salt Marsh – coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by tides.
  • Invasive Species – Not native where found, harmful to the environment.
  • Exoskeleton – external skeleton.
  • Regenerate – regrow to replace lost or damaged tissue or limbs.
  • Planktonic – organisms that drift or float in the water.
  • Molt – shed old feathers, hair, skin or shell.
  • Omnivore – one that eats food of both animal and plant origin.
  • Predator – an animal that naturally kills and consumes others.