Environment & Science

The 2025 autumn migration count has begun at Hawk Mountain. It's the longest running raptor migration count in the world.

The rain-or-shine event, open only to Northampton County residents, will take place Saturday, Oct. 4 at Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem.

The Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley was one of the half-dozen winners of this year’s Environmental Partnership Awards.

After a three-year hiatus, chick hatching is back at the Allentown Fair. The exhibition will be open daily at the Lehigh County 4-Club Livestock Experience tent.

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s Environment Committee on Tuesday discussed a plan for a septic replacement system at the warehouse, planned for 2951 Betz Court.

Earth is circled by roughly 11,000 working satellites and thousands more that have outlived their working lifespan but are still in orbit.

South Whitehall Township commissioners passed the Kline's Island Sewer System Act 537 Plan at their Wednesday meeting, setting in motion a multiyear project to help manage the treatment plant's capacity. It serves numerous municipalities.

North Whitehall Township's planning commission reviewed a proposal for a developer seeking special exception for a new solar field along Egypt Road at their Thursday meeting.

The two cultural institutions collaborated to offer a conjoined professional development experience for educators at the charter school.

Northampton County's Return on Environment report won't come out until the fall, but early findings support the notion that local open spaces provide financial and health benefits for residents.

The beloved Rose Garden sits at 8th Avenue and West Union Boulevard, sporting hundreds of roses and complementing plants. It has received new life in the last few years.

The projects focus on advancing land conservation and restoration, outdoor recreation, community revitalization through green infrastructure and environmental education.

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners in April voted to remove the mail-in application process for antlerless licenses, as well as move up the sale to the fourth Monday in June.

Spraying began 9 a.m. at Washington Crossing State Park. Black flies have been a recognized pest of humans and livestock in Pennsylvania since the 1970s.

The Lehigh Valley is likely to see something Monday it hasn’t witnessed in well over a month: substantial rain.

After the driest May on record, the Lehigh Valley is still dealing with bone dry conditions, exacerbating allergies and creating optimum conditions for brush fires.

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The Allentown School District said the STREAM Academy at the new science center at Eighth and Hamilton streets will be the first non-charter, non-private, theme-based school in the Lehigh Valley.

The company on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal to the Commonwealth Court, according to court documents.

Five of North America’s smallest falcon, four male and one female, were banded in an effort to help researchers study and bolster the declining species.

The White Haven Trail, part of the D&L Trail that stretches through the Lehigh Valley, has been resurfaced, and improvements have been made to the trailhead.

WLVR's Megan Frank talks with LehighValleyNews.com Managing Producer Stephanie Sigafoos and Health Reporter Brittany Sweeney.