I'm Alive
WHAT'S OUTDOORS?
The outdoors are a treasure chest full of natural wonders.
Birds, animals, trees, fish, plants, bugs -
there are so many wonderful living things outside.
Want to learn more about these wonders?
Start with our
TREASURES IN THE WILD
photo gallery!
Can you find the two baby watersnakes hitching a ride on the back of their mother?
After you've looked at the Treasures in the Wild photo gallery, click on any of the species categories below to find more information about specific types of wildlife in Indiana!
- Amphibians and reptiles - frogs, turtles, snakes, lizards
- Alligator Snapping Turtle
- American Toad
- Blanding’s Turtle
- Box Turtle
- Bullfrog
- Northern Cricket Frog
- Crawfish Frog
- Cope’s Gray Treefrog and Eastern Gray Treefrog
- Eastern Spadefoot Toad
- Fowler’s Toad
- Green Frog
- Green Salamander
- Green Tree Frog
- Massasauga Rattlesnake
- Northern Leopard Frog
- Plain’s Leopard Frog
- Pickerel Frog
- Western Chorus Frog
- Southern Leopard Frog
- Spring Peeper
- Wood Frog
- Listen to Indiana frogs and toads
- Birds - big and small
- Bald Eagle
- Barn Owl
- Bobwhite Quail
- Canada Goose
- Cardinal
- Cardinal - the state bird
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Osprey
- Owls - nocturnal neighbors
- Peregrine Falcon
- Red-breasted nuthatch
- Ruffed Grouse
- Screech Owl
- Sandhill Cranes - Listen to sandhill cranes during their fall migration
Click on image to see sandhill crane video - Turkey
- Turkey Vulture
- Warblers
- Whooping Cranes
- Wild Turkeys - almost our national bird
- Woodpeckers
- Fish
- Mammals
- Plants, Trees and Vegetation
- Insects - bugs
