Punxsutawney Phil is adorable, but a woodchuck from New York has him beat for accuracy, according to NOAA weather data ...

Groundhog Day has been observed on Feb. 2. The longstanding tradition calls for groundhogs to tell us if spring is near.

They stay in their burrows until late March or early April, when they can find insects, plants, fruits and vegetables and occasional snacks of bird eggs. In Minnesota, groundhogs are known as ...

Punt Returns ...

A marshland nature reserve built with the help of more than three million tonnes of soil from the Crossrail scheme is to be expanded. RSPB Wallasea Island, in Essex, includes vast amounts of material ...

Blue is a magical and rare color in nature. Yes, the sky is blue, and so are some seas (under the right conditions), but not ...

On a Wednesday morning in October 2014, in a garage in the woods of Pennsylvania, Tommy Trotta tried on some new jewelry: a set of rings belonging to the baseball great Yogi Berra. Each hunk of ...

The industrial action ballot will close on February 10. Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT, said: “After more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts, sixth form college teachers have ...

Members have been offered a ‘divisive’ pay offer and such ‘unfairness’ should not be accepted, the NASUWT leader said.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The invasive emerald ash borer, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was first found in the United States in southeast Michigan in 2002. In the decades since, the ...

The normal breeding period for deer in Pennsylvania is late October to mid-November, according to the state Game Commission. I soon got a low-quality picture of the little fawn on one of my trail ...

The 109th Pennsylvania Farm Show continues throughout the first week of January, hosting over 200 shops and exhibits. Visitors can learn about everything from livestock to mushrooms to wood.