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West Virginia Fall Foliage Peaking in Higher Elevations
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s higher elevations still have the best fall color as warmer temperatures in September delayed this year’s fall foliage display. The West Virginia Tourism Office… Read More
![A black vulture sits a top of a tree](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_18166702798634-e1568904418634-900x422.jpg)
Federal Biologist: Black Vultures are Invading West Virginia
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BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal biologist says federally protected vultures are invading West Virginia, having migrated from Central and South America about 45 years ago and now settling up… Read More
![Macrobdella mimicus, the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/anna_phillips_-_img_0033_1-e5b0e1afbc19ea444ccf01332bd41179ecdeb682-e1567366669532-900x422.jpg)
A New Bloodsucking Leech Species Found Hiding Outside Washington, D.C.
By: Leila Fadel | Peter Breslow | NPR
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Smithsonian researcher Anna Phillips led the recent discovery of the new medicinal species. Its superficial similarities to a North American leech species helped prevent its detection before.
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Deadly Virus Detected in West Virginia White-Tailed Deer
By: Associated Press
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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Wildlife officials say a deadly virus has been detected in white-tailed deer in southern West Virginia. The state Division of Natural Resources says in a… Read More
![A bald eagle prepares to take off from a pine tree in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The eagle population rebounded after protections put in place under the Endangered Species Act.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ap_120208051371-b1d96071566896843d076890670c4ada862e12ea-e1565795591198-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Makes Major Changes To Protections For Endangered Species
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the revisions will make the landmark conservation law more efficient. Critics say it will hurt endangered plants and animals as they face mounting threats.
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Mussel Woman: Biologist Passes Along Pearls Of Wisdom About Threatened Mussels
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Janet Clayton is standing thigh-deep in a back channel of the Elk River. Clad in a wetsuit and knee pads, the silver-haired biologist with the West Virginia Division of Natural… Read More
![Cattle graze in pasture formed by cleared rainforest land in Pará, Brazil. A new online tool makes it easier for food companies to detect this kind of land-clearing by their suppliers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gettyimages-184252072-3787f12eb39516b672c9c73fd257b84f428496d1-e1564675517218-900x422.jpg)
Don’t Cut Those Trees — Big Food Might Be Watching
By: Dan Charles | NPR
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Dozens of food companies have promised to stop their suppliers from clearing forests in order to grow crops or graze cattle. Now the companies have a tool to monitor those farmers from space.
![A common guillemot (Uria aalge) brings a sprat to feed to its chick. The laying dates of this species were followed for 19 consecutive years on the Isle of May, off the coast of southeast Scotland. According to a new paper in Nature Communications, many birds are adapting to climate change — but probably not fast enough.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/guillemot-sprat-28-jun-05-12-a31cef0a34ca214e07a4010b2c27de104a247be7-e1564156586998-900x422.jpg)
Birds Are Trying To Adapt To Climate Change — But Is It Too Little, Too Late?
By: Pien Huang | NPR
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By breeding and migrating earlier, some birds are adapting to climate change. But it’s probably not happening fast enough for some species to survive, according to new research.
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Power Plant: How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Down bumpy back roads deep in central West Virginia, a flat, bright green pasture opens up among the rolling hills of coffee-colored trees. Wildflowers and butterflies dot the pasture, but… Read More
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Cleveland Area Rocks After Earthquake Reported in Lake Erie
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – Federal geologists say an earthquake with an estimated magnitude 4 has been detected just northeast of Cleveland in Lake Erie. There were no reports immediately of damage,… Read More
![A huge blob that appeared on the National Weather Service's radar wasn't a rain cloud, but a massive swarm of ladybugs over San Bernardino County in Southern California.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ap_19157000770676-7c8441ec838c8b52f419c9d81efe244264939383-e1559927357502-900x422.jpg)
Spotted: A Swarm Of Ladybugs So Huge, It Showed Up On National Weather Service Radar
By: Merrit Kennedy | Dani Matias | NPR
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Meteorologists in Southern California were puzzled by the big green blob on their radar — it looked like a rainstorm on what was a clear day. Then they discovered it was beetles.
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Wild About Winter!
Join the Hocking College Natural and Historical Interpretation Capstone students for a FREE event at The Market on State Street celebrating the wild and wonderful workings of the winter world…. Read More
![A bumblebee outfitted with a unique tracking tag forages outdoors.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/crall1hr-f18b3f94d74d6e641cf28e58a3d4d546690c033d-e1541783767127-900x422.jpg)
Scientists Spy On Bees, See Harmful Effects Of Common Insecticide
By: Merrit Kennedy | NPR
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Bees exposed to a type of insecticides called neonicotinoids dramatically changed their behavior — becoming sluggish, antisocial and spending less time caring for the colony’s young, researchers say.
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Family Day in The Woods
The “Family Day in the Woods” program is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18 at Vinton Furnace State Forest. Held between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., families will enjoy a day… Read More
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Fall Treasures in your Woodland
Fungi, Lichens and more… Explore the forest in search of fungi, lichens and other organisms that are present in the fall. Learn about the ecology and function of these often… Read More
![In this photo, taken Saturday and released by the Center for Whale Research, an orca known as J-35 (foreground) swims with podmates near Friday Harbor, Wash.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ap_18224682752235-aac8e8fb8ce69626dc5f6680d3fb61807bb417ca-e1534174643150-900x422.jpg)
After 17 Days And 1,000 Miles, A Mother Orca’s ‘Tour Of Grief’ Is Over
By: Jenny Gathright | NPR
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After carrying her calf’s corpse for an unusually long time, a “remarkably frisky” Tahlequah, or J-35, as the orca’s known, was seen Saturday chasing a school of salmon with fellow members of her pod.
![A species of predatory robber fly (right) has evolved to mimic its prey, a bumblebee (left).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/smithsonian-bugs-4_enl-e04d6762eb0c5723e96d728a0af93b9423df0543-e1532975298519-900x422.jpg)
Video: Can You Find The Mimics In America’s Largest Insect Collection?
By: Madeline K. Sofia | NPR
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Insects are nature’s masters of disguise. Take a backstage tour of the largest insect collection in America to experience nature’s most convincing mimics.
![Slivers of snow still hide in coulees near Schofield Pass. A low winter snowpack and high spring temperatures melted most of winter's snow earlier than normal in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gothic-3_custom-790699068b648628c5765c1ef6166018a47d1093-e1532365519763-900x422.jpg)
Spring Is Springing Sooner, Throwing Nature’s Rhythms Out Of Whack
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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A warming climate is knocking nature’s rhythms out of sync. High in the Rocky Mountains, scientists have been tracking the impact for decades.
![A baby hellbender on its way to its new home.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/npr_hellbender_6-b21bac22728d6c12184f954422c19458f23be33f-e1532120674887-900x422.jpg)
VIDEO: “Snot Otters” Get A Second Chance In Ohio
By: Madeline K. Sofia | NPR
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North America’s largest amphibian, the Hellbender salamander, is in trouble. They are endangered in several states. A team in Ohio is trying to save them before it’s too late.
![Trees can't talk — or can they? Ecologist Suzanne Simard says tree communicate with each other in a unique way.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/suzannesimard_2016t-embed-93a0d1957c8c8f50c5334ea5507826d4b5a50454-e1530896338884-900x422.jpg)
How Do Trees Collaborate?
By: NPR/TED Staff | NPR
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Ecologist Suzanne Simard shares how she discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.
![Spiders can fly long distances by releasing long strands of silk, which get picked up by the wind.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spider-balloon-c10a92da4623badccbaecfd270f4bd0d203d869a-e1530807640905-900x422.jpg)
When Spiders Go Airborne, It’s Electric — Literally
By: Nell Greenfieldboyce | NPR
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Many spiders ply the skies by riding “balloons” of silk. And they rely on something more than just the wind to take them high up and far away.
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LISTEN: How Do We Embrace All Kinds Of Nature?
By: NPR/TED Staff | NPR
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Environmental writer Emma Marris wants us to broaden our definition of nature to one that embraces urban and wild spaces in order learn to protect and care for it.