Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s ‘Momentum’ brings color and movement to nature
The art installation "Momentum" fills Pittsburgh Botanic Garden with color, sound and motion, inviting visitors to reflect on their bond with nature.
Conservation
A Tick Researcher’s Tips for Staying Safe Outdoors
One tip: walk in the center of the trail. Ticks like to attach themselves to long grasses. No need to use DEET.
Pitt falcon fledglings leave the nest
The falcon fledglings living on top of the university's Cathedral of Learning left the nest earlier this month, but are likely to linger in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood.
Ohio River restoration plan hopes to rally federal support for watershed
More than 30 million people across 14 states rely on the Ohio River watershed for drinking water, recreation, and for their local economies.
The Nature Conservancy protects 1,158 acres on Allegheny Front, now part of Pa. game lands
The land is in Somerset County is along the Allegheny Front escarpment in the Appalachians. It is now part of State Game Lanes 82.
The woods in central Pennsylvania are alive with the sound of cicadas
Periodical cicadas have emerged in Central Pa. In some places, including Bald Eagle State Park in Centre County, they're out in force.
Kayak tour allows Pittsburghers to transform trash into art
An event focused on interactive public art led a group to Turtle Cove along the Allegheny River. Participants collected trash and constructed sculptures.
Allegheny National Forest will increase logging by millions of board feet this year
Though not an historic high, timbering will ramp up under a new directive by the Trump administration.
River otters in Western Pennsylvania: An environmental success story
Otters once inhabited every river system in Pennsylvania, but by the early 1900s, most of them were gone. Now, they’re making a comeback.
Will Australia revisit the deal that led a Pittsburgh firm to depend on the ore beneath its trees?
Alcoa’s Western Australia division is one of the world's largest alumina producing operations. Some say its decades-old agreement puts drinking water at risk.
