Step 1: Make an animal track stencil. —Have kids choose an animal that they want other people to know about. It could be an endangered animal from a faraway country or one that lives in your ...

Three wildlife experts explain why and how you and your family can look for animal tracks on your next outdoors adventure.

Track sizes may vary, as well as the placement of the tracks, which depend on whether an animal is walking, running, trotting or jumping. You may also use nearby scat for other identification markers.

I don’t see any animals, but the tracks of squirrels in the snow reveal their presence. A straight set of dog-like paw prints, one in front of the other, tells the story of a coyote that passed ...