Red-backed salamanders rule Appalachian forests
Vertebrate animals are those with backbones — fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. As a group, they are much less abundant than invertebrates such...
Cold spring is slowing early field work
National Weather Service says 10-15 degrees below normal this week.
New England Cottontail: Ernst Seeds may hold the key to save endangered species
MEADVILLE, Pa. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently purchased live plant materials from Ernst Conservation Seeds of Meadville, Pa., as part...
Mushroom guide includes lots of photos
COLUMBUS — Just in time for the spring season, there’s a new book available for Midwestern mushroom hunters.
Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and the...
Clean your grill to get ready for summer cooking
NEW YORK -- The weather will soon be heating up and no matter whether you grill year-round or put the grill away for the...
Ohio State Parks offer a night of free camping
COLUMBUS -- Pull out the camping gear, grab the makings for s'mores and leave the wallet at home for a night of free camping...
Licking County landowner fights pipeline and appears to have won
A Licking County landowner decided he didn’t want a pipeline to cross his property. When he refused, Enterprise Liquids Pipeline threatened to use eminent domain proceedings to take private property for the purpose of the ATEX pipeline the company was constructing.
Spring break may be more tame than media lets on
Risky behaviors tend to peak in the first year, and then decrease as students find their limits in subsequent years
After 150 years, USS Monitor sailors receive military burial
The remains of two unknown USS Monitor sailors, recovered by NOAA and the U.S. Navy in 2002 from the ship's gun turret, were buried March 8, with full military honors, at Arlington National Cemetery.
Western Pa. No Till Conference: Cover crops may hold the key to success
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. — Farmers took time out of spring planting preparations March 26 to attend the Western Pa. No-Till Conference in West Middlesex,...
