Where Wildlife, Humans, & Ecology Meet
Ecology Blueprints explores the interconnected systems that link wildlife, humans, and their habitats—through science, observation, and hands-on learning.
Because no organism exists alone. When you understand food webs, habitat, and pressure, the species make sense. Ecology isn’t about memorizing animals—it’s about understanding relationships and outcomes.
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is black and white and has red feathers on its head. If you’re familiar with Woody Woodpecker, he is an Ivory-billed Woodpecker! .
Red-headed woodpeckers have very distinct markings. They’re also the only species of woodpecker whose head is completely red.
Little Brown Bats are a bat species that can be found from Canada down to Central Mexico. Even though they’re called brown bats they can actually be red or golden colored.
Have you seen Acorn Woodpeckers? They are very interesting birds both in appearance and behavior. They have red, black, and white coloring on their feathers, and they feed on mainly acorns and will store them in caches for eating during the winter.
Hairy Woodpeckers look a lot like Downy Woodpeckers, don’t they? It can be difficult to tell them apart, but here are some key differences: Hairy Woodpeckers are bigger and have about three inches on Downy Woodpeckers .
Travel to Africa and see amazing wildlife up close with this incredible video from wildlife filmmaker, Alan Lacy! Alan Lacy shares his journey in this video as he works on a film project.
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers can be found in Texas and Oklahoma in the United States, and throughout eastern Mexico and the northern part of Central America.
If you have any birds that come to your backyard, you’ve probably seen a Downy Woodpecker. These woodpeckers are both the most common and smallest species of woodpecker in the region of North America.
These birds can be found in tropical forests on the islands of Batanta and Waigeo, which are off the coast of West Papua.
Just like the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, they’re considered to be of least concern. They also look very similar to the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, with black feathers and a yellow head that has some shades of red and blue.
These vultures can be found in savanna habitats. They have a great sense of smell and will often fly low over the ground when they’re hunting for food.
Spinner dolphins have incredible acrobatic ability – they will jump out of the water and spin around in the air before they fall back into the water.
