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In a major move that involves banning commercial fishing, President Joe Biden took executive action to restore protections in the Northeast Canyons and…
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Hundreds of white-tailed deer have been found dead in New York state — including in counties neighboring the Berkshires. This has some wildlife…
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A re-population program for threatened eastern spadefoots has spawned breeding adults in the Southwick Wildlife Management Area
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Researchers at UMass Amherst say they've solved at least one mystery about a destructive saltwater mollusk known as the shipworm.The mollusk has been…
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Wildlife biologists have received reports of sick and dying songbirds in some mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states. There's no evidence the disease has…
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The emergence of the 17-year cicadas has dominated bug news of late, but in the northeastern parts of the U.S. and Canada, another cyclical menace has...
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Two reporters teamed up to write a series of stories on what academics call "charismatic carbon," or forest offsets. The focus was on California's…
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Updated at 9:06 a.m. on April 28 During this pandemic, some cities have been said to be turning into ghost towns. I wonder if they — and we — are instead…
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Bald eagles are soaring again in Vermont. The magnificent birds were pushed to the brink of extinction by hunting, habitat loss and pesticide poisoning.
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A western Massachusetts doctor has launched a campaign urging people to remove the straps on their COVID-19 masks before throwing them away. He says he's…