Environment & Science

Unforeseen issues and obstacles have pushed the timeline for Lehigh Valley Breathes back. The regional air monitoring project aims to measure fine particle pollution.

Easton's Nurture Nature Center is searching for stargazers to join in the Hubble Night Sky Observing Challenge, where participants look out for some of the spectacles the legendary telescope has photographed.

The 109th PA Farm Show opens this weekend in the state capital, kicking off a week of competitions and demonstrations. Here's what you need to know about admission, parking and more.

Preliminary testing showed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Sick birds were also found at both locations.

January is National Radon Action Month. Public health officials are urging residents to stay informed of the risks, test and support legislative efforts to increase testing.

The Lehigh Valley Audubon Society, in partnership with the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, is holding its 10th annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids on Saturday, Jan. 11.

Depending on cloud cover, the Lehigh Valley could see a lunar eclipse between midnight on March 13 through early morning March 14. A solar eclipse could peak just after midnight on March 29.

Administered by Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers, or POWR, with funding from the DCNR, officials said the effort aims to elevate public awareness of specific rivers and recognize important conservation needs and achievements.

It will get warmer and closer to normal as the week progresses, but for now, the National Weather Service recommends folks bundle up as an arctic air mass from Canada and the Great Lakes moves in.

The longest running raptor migration count in the world wrapped up for the 2024 season. Staff and volunteers spent more than 1,000 hours recording species as part of Hawk Mountain's conservation efforts.

Meeko is on a mission to save the planet from single-use plastic.

Opponents say joining RGGI will be an economic hardship on the state's energy sector.

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe has boosted fossil fuels and denied climate change.

The program is back for the start of 2022 after being canceled last year due to the pandemic.

After all but vanishing by the 1960s, the species is now self-sustaining in Pennsylvania.

Game Commission biologist Art McMorris has spent 18 years working on behalf of the winged predators.

Environmental justice areas include neighborhoods that shoulder more than a typical share of climate and environmental risks.

If the Farmers' Almanac prediction becomes reality, don't look for an early spring.

The initiative with 11 other states would charge power plants for carbon dioxide they emit.

The American Red Cross has mobilized volunteers from around the country, including Pennsylvania, to help victims of the recent tornadoes.

Doctors had said amputation would be the most likely outcome after a 2020 car crash.

The Japanese Barberry may look pretty but ticks that spread Lyme disease love living in them.