Book illuminates Pittsburgh’s Center for PostNatural History
The center features organisms intentionally altered through domestication, selective breeding or genetic engineering. The book asks if we humans could be considered postnatural ourselves.
Wildlife
A trip to the fish hatchery that helps boost Pennsylvania’s walleye population
Walleye season begins Saturday in Pennsylvania. We get a behind-the-scenes look as the hatchery produces another generation of the freshwater fish.
River group gets $1.2M to remove dams in Ohio and Susquehanna watersheds, improve fish habitat
The non-profit group, American Rivers, will use a $1.2 million grant to reconnect nearly 200 miles of aquatic habitat in Western Pennsylvania.
A school day built around birds gives students many ways into their world
The Campus Laboratory School at Carlow University taught students about birds through art, music, poetry, machine learning and even sports.
‘Blue-blood’ horseshoe crabs suffer from commercial bloodletting. One Penn student says he has an answer
About 1 million horseshoe crabs a year are harvested for biomedical purposes. One student has a solution that would stop the practice.
Why I’m addicted to bird nestcams (and you should be too)
For many, following a bird nestcam starts as a curiosity, then quickly veers toward obsession. And the high drama in the bird world can be as intense and dark as a Hollywood thriller.
The search for endangered flying squirrels in the Poconos
WVIA·
A group is searching for endangered northern flying squirrels in the Poconos. Last count, there were only 33 in Pennsylvania.
DEP: CNX pipeline project in Westmoreland County withdrawn, lacked wildlife permits
DEP found that CNX's project failed to get federal wildlife clearances. The project was near the Beaver Run Reservoir.
‘Bird Town’ borough is embracing its new designation as a bird-friendly place to live
WHYY·
Media, near Philadelphia, became the latest Pennsylvania municipality to become a "Bird Town," a program that promotes community-based conservation.
PA Game Commission tables plans to reintroduce the American marten
Despite overwhelming public support for reintroducing the American marten, the Game Commission wants more input from hunters, who were lukewarm about the plan.
