We speak with the author of a collection of stories that has a furry recurring theme: bears. A reporter tags along into the woods with some birders to talk to barred owls. An environmental group is ...

I’ve been reading this book about owls – these mysterious birds of the night. In “ What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds ”, Jennifer Ackerman writes that owl calls ...

We’re on a mission to meet our membership. The Allegheny Front’s Reid, Julie, Kara and Kathy will all be hanging out at Rockin’ Cat coffee in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood on Friday, August ...

When was the last time you slowed down? A new exhibit of landscape paintings at The Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park invites visitors to examine “the quiet spaces that exist ...

While there are many things to do in the Laurel Highlands, like hiking and biking, keep an eye out for Spruce Flats Bog and the plants that grow there. Spruce Flats is a rare high-elevation bog that ...

A citizen group based in Westmoreland County hosted a webinar to share information about what they say is the report’s incomplete investigation of the potential harm to the Commonwealth. Experts are ...

Conservationists are trying to stop the spread of the invasive wavyleaf basketgrass in Pennsylvania’s forests. A new exhibit of landscape paintings in Pittsburgh encourages rest and reflection.

In Sherrie Flick's lastest short story collection, "I Have Not Considered Consequences," bears mingle with people in surprising and thought-provoking ways.

Experts are working to stop the spread of the wavyleaf basketgrass, but they say public awareness and participation in an upcoming event are critical to protecting the state's forests.

As home gardeners are cleaning up their spring flower beds and vegetable patches, they might notice signs of a relatively new invasive species that’s made its way across Pennsylvania. Though Asian ...

On a Saturday morning in March, a demolition crew took down the smokestacks at the Homer City Generating Station. The plant – first commissioned in 1969 – once employed hundreds of workers. In an ...

Hannah Hohman and Koa Reitz stood on an old bridge on a sunny afternoon, looking down at the confluence of two streams. Hohman glanced back and forth between the iced ...