Connecticut Wildlife

Hummingbirds have begun their annual spring migration! If you look closely, you can spot them around Connecticut!

Police are warning people to stay away from a moose that has been spotted around town in Winchester. People have been gathering to catch glimpses of the moose, and police fear it could lead to someone being injured or even killed, according to a Facebook post by Winchester Police. “The wild moose, while usually a docile creature, can be deadly…

A pair of pigs fended off an attack by a bear in New Milford Thursday evening. The whole thing was captured on Ring video.

A pair of pet pigs successfully fended off an attack by a bear that jumped into their pen in a you-have-to-see-it-to-believe it moment.

Pet pigs in New Milford fought back when a bear tried to attack and they sent the bear running. Video courtesy of Rebecca Shaw.

A moose was seen along a road in Winchester. It’s not terribly common to see a moose in Connecticut and Winchester police are urging people not to approach a moose, or any other wild animal. If you do see one and want to take a photo, they urge drivers to pull their vehicle off the road and not stop...

A red-tailed hawk found injured in Oxford in December had been shot with an arrow, BBs and an air rifle pellet, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and they are asking for help to determine who shot it. The bird was found impaled with an arrow at Thorson Road and North Mark Drive in Oxford in…

Black bears in Connecticut have been waking up from hibernation for about two months now, but bear sightings and activity really start to pick up this time of the year. Just this morning, Suffield resident Alex Fraser saw a black bear taking a stroll through the neighborhood. “I noticed a bear coming up from our fields that are behind our…

Legally protected from hunting and trapping since 1972, Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection now estimates the statewide bobcat population has grown to almost 1,500 across all eight counties.

After nearly being hunted to extinction in Connecticut, bobcats are making a big comeback. Legally protected from hunting and trapping since 1972, Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection now estimates the statewide bobcat population has grown to almost 1,500 across all eight counties. “We have sightings of bobcats in every town in the state,” said Jason Hawley, a wildlife…

A slow-motion view as researchers release a bobcat back into the wild.