Discover the wildlife around you
New Jersey's mammals move through pine barrens, suburban edges, river corridors, and hardwood forests with remarkable ease. This story follows five familiar species whose tracks, habits, and resilience help explain the living landscape around us.
Some thrive beside highways and backyards, others remain symbols of larger wild spaces. Together they reveal how New Jersey balances density, habitat, and biodiversity in a surprisingly dynamic ecosystem.
Photo by Dmytro Koplyk
A quiet, adaptable browser that connects deep woods, meadow edges, and suburban clearings across the state.
Habitat
Mixed forests, wetland margins, overgrown fields, and neighborhood greenbelts where cover and forage overlap.
Diet
Leaves, acorns, buds, grasses, berries, and other soft vegetation that changes with the season.
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Healthy habitat depends on connected forests, clean water, and room for wildlife to move safely. Paying attention to crossings, seasonal food sources, and quiet observation helps people share the state with the animals that already call it home.
Begin with the species most New Jerseyans recognize, then keep following the trail. Each page expands the story with habitat notes, diet clues, and memorable facts that make the state's wildlife feel closer.