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What do you do when you run into trouble? Today, many reach for the telephone or cell phone, push the keypad and tap on 911 to reach help. But that's ...

Ash trees in the Allegheny National Forest are declining and dying due to the presence and spread of the emerald ash borer. To conserve ash on the ANF...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford chapter of Colleges for a Cure is sponsoring Paws for a Cause — a fun-filled day with pets — noon to 4 p.m. M...

Mention the word bonsai and some people may conjure up an image from the “Karate Kid” movie when Mr. Miyagi teaches a teenager named Daniel how to pru...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

(Editor’s note: This week, Feb. 27-March 3, marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week. As part of an effort to alert and educate the public on in...

Bird lovers of all ages will be able to test their carpentry skills when the Bat and Bluebird Nest Box Building program is held Feb. 18 at Home Depot ...

SAVING BIRDS: “Birds hitting windows is one of the leading causes of bird deaths in the United States,” according to the American Bird Conservancy. “I...

STATE COLLEGE — A newly discovered virus infecting the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats could help scientists and wildlife agencies trac...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Food companies are mounting an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. The food indus...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Some 90 percent of seafood consumed by Americans is imported — a fact that the Obama administration vowed to start turning around by ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) — In a Nordic-inspired building tucked in a corner of the Bayer CropScience North American headquarters, high school...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — American Indians across the Western U.S. are challenging moves by federal wildlife officials to lift protections for grizzly be...

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradi...

A poisonous substance linked to a massive algae bloom off the West Coast has prompted officials to halt recreational shellfishing from Washington to C...

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal biologists flying a drone have taken thousands of rich images of endangered Puget Sound orcas showing the whales are in good co...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An auction on eBay allows the public to make a different kind of purchase as they peruse the used clothing, electronics and war r...