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State wildlife officials reported 67 home break-ins statewide in 2022, a record number that wildly outpaced annual numbers from the previous five years.
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Any changes to the park's entrance fees would go into effect next year and will be required year-round.
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By studying bee poop, researchers found that shorter petals lead to less disease spread among bumblebees.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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Great Barrington's new regulation against feeding wildlife will be enforced by police. The goal is to stop human behavior that draws wildlife, especially bears, into populated areas.
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An orphaned black bear cub was rescued by the Greenfield, Massachusetts, police in April. She is being raised with nearly 50 other cubs in a bear rehabilitation center in Lyme, New Hampshire. The bears will be released back into the wild next spring when they're about 18 months old.
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The program is part of a nationwide effort to gather information on bird populations.
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Interactions with wildlife can be tricky, especially when the wildlife starts acting a little less than wild.