Check out Creature Comforts on MPB Think Radio! Each week, Libby Hartfield, Retired Director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, brings a specialist into the studio to answer your questions about various animals we see in Mississippi. And of course, Dr. Troy Majure, a veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center of Jackson answers your pet questions. Each week, you’ll learn more about the animals that live in our homes and the animals who live in the world around us. You’ll also find out more about family-friendly exhibits and events at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. Email your pet and animal questions to animals@mpbonline.org and listen to Creature Comforts Thursday mornings at 9 on MPB Think Radio.
Dr. Will Selman from Millsaps College joins the show and talks turtles of Mississippi.
Read MoreRandy Browning, a wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, joins the program to talk about the longleaf pine area of Mississippi. The longleaf pine has been the subject of conservation efforts due to the threatened and endangered species that call it home.
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Ted Olack from the MS Museum of Natural Science brings in two slithery friends and talks with Kevin, Libby, and Dr. Majeur about snakes in the state.
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The Sky Lake Wildlife Boardwalk is a featured project of Wildlife Mississippi. Located near Belzoni this area is home to the oldest trees in Mississippi. Wildlife biologist, Jason May joins the show to tell us about this magnificent area.
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Fireflies light the night with their inviting glow and firefly expert Lynn Faust will tell us all about them and her new book.
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