This "underdog" of aquatic animals can filter up to 600 gallons of water per month. Working together, mussels can dramatically clean the rivers where they live. Now, Philadelphia is banking on just that.
If you want to impress your friends on your next hike through the woods, there's a guy at Raccoon Creek State Park that can make you a guru of spring wildflower identification.
People who study birds are now using radar to make maps that can forecast migration at night. They say these maps could help by reducing the number of birds that collide with buildings and wind turbines.
These little shorebirds are an endangered species in the Great Lakes region. But they’re making a comeback thanks to conservation efforts and even some heroics.
Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.
A new study finds gas pipelines and access roads carve up more forest land and have a bigger impact on wildlife habitat than the drilling well pads themselves.
The new rule is a reversal of the 100-year-old conservation law that was sometimes used to prosecute industries for accidentally killing or failing to safeguard migratory birds.
