Jun. 14—We are near the summer solstice: the first day of summer. With sunrise at 5:15 a.m. and the sun setting at 9:06 p.m., daylight is longer than any other day of the year (nearly 16 hours at this ...

Pine Hills Nature Preserve is one of the first nature preserves dedicated in the state of Indiana by the Nature Conservancy. It was dedicated as a preserve in 1969, but was first dedicated as a ...

I think everyone here in the Seacoast area has noticed the huge amount of white pine cones produced this year. Large quantities litter the ground. Red squirrel middens — piles of cones stripped of ...

BIG PINE, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old. Known as the ...

Pine wilt disease represents one of the most destructive threats to forestry worldwide, with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus – a microscopic nematode – being the primary agent behind the rapid decline of ...

The weather has been cold in Indiana as of late. Winter is here for sure. But I am one of those people that loves to hike in the winter. I decided to make the drive north to the Pine Hills Nature ...

The Wasque reservation on Chappaquiddick will soon be closed for at least a month so the Trustees of Reservations can conduct mitigation efforts against Southern pine beetles.  The Trustees, which ...