WILDLIFE

Bear home entries reached 67 cases in 2022 with dozens more attempted entries reported. Two people were also attacked by black bears last year in Morris and Torrington.

The Hawkins bill would require pest control professionals in Massachusetts who administer rodenticides to submit electronic reports to the state about how and where the poison is used.

“It’s becoming a year-round, check-yourself-for-ticks situation,” said Dr. Toni Lyn Morelli with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center.

The unseasonably warm winter is changing wildlife habits and befouling normal migrations in Connecticut.

State wildlife officials reported 67 home break-ins statewide in 2022, a record number that wildly outpaced annual numbers from the previous five years.

Any changes to the park's entrance fees would go into effect next year and will be required year-round.

By studying bee poop, researchers found that shorter petals lead to less disease spread among bumblebees.

Daniel Ksepka is part of a team that identified a new species of bird named Centuriavis lioae, which lived about 11 million years ago in what is now Nebraska.

A number of pollinating bees are either endangered or threatened in Vermont, and a group of steelpan drummers wants to bring awareness to the dwindling pollinator populations.

“What we've seen over the last two decades is, simply put, mortality caused by humans is outpacing reproduction in the species,” said Heather Pettis, research scientist at the New England Aquarium.