Environment & Science

Several Lehigh Valley residents reported witnessing a string of lights in the sky in the Allentown and Bethlehem areas on Saturday night, Sept. 16.

High pressure originating from the Great Lakes is shifting offshore on Sunday, paving the way for an approaching cold front and unsettled conditions.

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The mud-colored salamander–also known as a snot otter, mud devil, and Allegheny alligator–can grow to be two feet long, and can live up to 30 years.

This year's Bake Oven Knob Autumn Hawk Watch has so far recorded more than 1,000 migrating birds of prey, not including the dozens logged Thursday morning.

How much snow is coming this winter? Model ensembles and long-range outlooks are starting to yield some clues.

Officials at Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center on Wednesday held their annual "Monarch Madness" tagging event. Four male and two female monarchs were tagged.

Just days away from the official start of fall, forecasters say the Lehigh Valley will see a long stretch of dry weather and seasonal temperatures ahead.

Residents can anticipate a flood watch in effect for a significant portion of the area Tuesday night and throughout Wednesday, as heavy rainfall from showers and thunderstorms is expected.

Some say the app is still useful and could be adapted to other uses.

If you have symptoms, no matter where you are, isolate yourself as best you can, an expert says.

The collection shares the cumulative experience of heritage, according to the museum curator.

It's more contagious but doctors are not seeing many hospitalizations. Yet.

An environmental law expert says the EPA retains substantial authority to regulate emissions.

The programs are putting a different spin on the traditional summer camp experience.

Chickens, cardinals, praying mantis, ants and wasps are just a few of the spotted lanternfly's natural predators.

Muhlenberg College has been polling on the topic of climate change since 2007.

E-cigarettes have become the introduction to nicotine for the younger generations.

Legislators are looking for ways to ease the situation.

Most angers will be OK with the small jump in prices, according to one bait shop owner.

Public comment on a plan to invest more than $170M is open through month's end.