Meet These Creatures of the Night, if You Dare
If you take this nature hike at night, you never know who you might run into.
Conservation
A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development
"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.
How the fungi beneath our feet help decide the trees overhead
A lawsuit over a plan to regenerate oaks in the Wayne National Forest cites mycorrhizal fungi as evidence that the plan won't work. We find out why.
Lawsuit challenges plan to clearcut white oak in Wayne National Forest
White oak forests may disappear in a generation. A plan to log a section of white oaks in the Wayne has environmentalists worried.
Pennsylvania recreation, conservation projects get historic boost
The $90 million grant round, the largest single investment into recreation and conservation, will go toward 330 projects across the state.
Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines. Treating the Water There Was No Ordinary Project
Treatment ponds were the answer to a problem that briefly threatened the creation of the memorial itself. How they came to be still carries weight for the people involved in the work.
In Pa. cities, street trees can help cool ever-hotter temps. But they present their own problems to solve
Street trees have many benefits, but they are expensive and can damage sidewalks. Now, some cities are trying new things to address these issues.
Pa. conservationists weigh-in on saving the monarch butterfly
Conservationists hope that the listing of the monarch as endangered by an international group will inspire Pa. lawmakers to protect land for the butterfly.
Purple Martins Get a Helping Hand from Humans
A conservation group is working to save the bird that relies on human-made colonies, as it faces a loss of habitat, invasive species and climate change.
Goats do the hard work at South Side Park
Goats have been eating invasive plants along the steep slopes of South Side Park in Pittsburgh for years. Now, native trees are being planted.
