Arkansas Wildlife

With the swamps and wetlands in The Natural State, people often wonder if there are alligators in Arkansas. The answer is: yes. There are alligators in Arkansas but they are usually in specific areas. Alligators have lived in Arkansas for thousands of years. Unfortunately, we lost a large part of the alligator population due to […]

Arkansas is home to three varieties of rattlesnakes including the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Western Pigmy Rattlesnake and Timber Rattlesnake. You better watch where you step because there are six venomous snakes in Arkansas and three of those are rattlesnakes. You’ll find most of them in wooded areas so most people living in cities and suburbs

One side effect of Arkansas being The Natural State is the variety of insects in Arkansas that are either beautiful to look at or will gross you out. I never have been a “bug person.” Honestly, the sight of any bug used to terrify me. It didn’t matter whether it was a bee or a

They were everywhere. They were on the walls, all over the floor, and in the shower. Daddy Long Leg spiders in Arkansas were my arch enemies when I was growing up and they seemed to enjoy laughing at me. I felt it that day as I walked into the shower house with my mother at

I still remember the first time we looked down in our woods and saw a coyote lurking around. We had just moved onto our wooded property in Central Arkansas and I was new to “country life.” Thankfully, the coyote seemed to just be passing through and he was keeping his distance from us. However, like