Creature Comforts
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, 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 [email protected] and listen to Creature Comforts Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. CST on MPB Think Radio.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 401
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Creature Comforts | Eagle Time
Around Mississippi, eagles are nesting, and now is a great time for eagle sightings. In this edition of Creature Comforts, Debbie Crum from Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation joins the show to talk…
Creature Comforts | Blue Crab Traps
The blue crab is a highly sought-after shellfish but derelict traps can be a major strain on the coast and cause more than environmental problems. Today we welcome Eric Sparks and Alyssa Rodolfich f…
Creature Comforts | Winter Hummingbirds
Creature Comforts | Pet Day - January 2021
Creature Comforts | Mississippi Winter Birds
Creature Comforts | December Pet Day
Creature Comforts | Black Bear Black Bear
The black bear and Mississippi have a storied history together, dating back to the days of President Theodore Roosevelt. Today on the show we welcome Becky Rosamond from the US Fish and Wildlife Serv…
Creature Comforts | Autumn Deer
Firearm season for deer opens this weekend in Mississippi and William McKinley, Deer Program Coordinator for Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, wants all hunters to be safe. H…
Creature Comforts | Mississippi Migration
Creature Comforts | The Bucket Brigade
Tom Mann, from the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, spends many rainy winter nights in the elements. He and a group of volunteers are apart of the Bucket Brigade, a group that expediates passa…
Creature Comforts | Halloween Pet Day
Creature Comforts | Polite Pollinators
The Mississippi Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University has a collection of over two million pinned specimens and is ready to show anyone all two million if they have the time. Today Mat…
Creature Comforts | Autumn Sightings
For this special "Drive Time" edition of Creature Comforts we call on our good friend, biologist Joe Magee to let us know what to look for this fall season. A few frogs are still jumping around but …
Creature Comforts | Raising Gopher Tortoises
The Gopher Tortoise Head Start Program has released over 400 endangered gopher tortoises into the wild. Becky Stowe, Director of Forest for the Nature Conservancy joins the show today to talk about …
Creature Comforts | Canoeing The Mississippi
Creature Comforts | Wildlife Mississippi
Wildlife Mississippi has been serving Mississippi's land and waters since 1997. At the head of this organization is James Cummins as Executive Director. Joining this edition of Creature Comforts, Ja…
Creature Comforts | Secretive Marsh Birds
Creature Comforts | Science Fest 2020
Creature Comforts | Monarch Migration
Friend of the show, entomologist Audrey Harrison joins Creature Comforts to talk about the miracle of migration for the monarch butterfly. Milkweed is always in the conversation when talking of plan…
Creature Comforts | Mississippi Bats
The bat may not one of the feature animals when thinking about Mississippi wildlife, such as the deer or catfish. But Mississippi is home to 15 types of bats that play a significant role in Mississip…