3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (288+ words) Spring Meadow Work Day at Forge Project in Taghkanic. TAGHKANIC " The Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program will lead a Spring Meadow Work Day at Forge Project on Thursday, June 4, offering participants an opportunity to learn about native plants, habitat restoration…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1186+ words) The Grassland Bird Trust's Keith Swenson, left, and National Audubon employees Bryant Dossman and Shelly Cihan assemble a Motus tower at the Alfred Z. Solomon Viewing Area at the Washington County Grasslands in Fort Edward on Monday, May 11, 2026. FORT EDWARD " As…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (800+ words) By Dr. Jeffrey Corbin Many readers will be familiar with the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, a globally rare ecosystem that hosts a variety of unique plants and animals. Fewer may know about Schenectady's own Woodlawn Preserve, now also known as…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (545+ words) Conservationists have set up a dating agency for dormice to try and help the vulnerable species survive. The U. K. -based Wildwood Trust is gearing up to send 37 of the rodents back into the wild after a successful breeding season. Conservation officer…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (269+ words) AU SABLE FORKS " The Au Sable River Valley Business Association will open a visitor information and business center in the hamlet of Au Sable Forks with a ribbon-cutting event Thursday, May 21, at 5: 30 p. m. , on the ground floor of the Tahawus Cultural…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (712+ words) A wood thrush hops along the ground at Five Rivers Environ- mental Education Center in Delmar. The bird has been identified by the National Audubon Society as a species of concern regarding artificial light pollution. Bird migration is nothing short…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (318+ words) Smokers have been warned to avoid using a village hall ashtray " after it was taken over by a family of nesting blue tits. The birds picked the unusual spot to make themselves at home outside Astley and Dunley village hall,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (938+ words) Thousands of axolotls are being bought as pets before being dumped after their popularity exploded due to games like Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnite, it has been warned. Rescue centers say they are seeing a worrying surge in salamanders being sold…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (483+ words) A pair of brazen blue tits have sparked a flap at an Essex pub after shacking up inside a wall'mounted ashtray. (Sam Warner via SWNS) A pair of blue tits have sparked a flap at a pub after shacking up…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (438+ words) An invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) is measured in Australia. (Chris Barlow / Macquarie University via SWNS) Cane toads have leapt ahead of evolution theories by growing bigger and changing more rapidly than expected, according to new research. The invasive species…...