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Oystercatchers making a comeback in nature thanks to conservation

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — On a pristine Rhode Island beach teeming with noisy seabirds, a group of biologists armed with nets sneak up on a pair of American oystercatcher chicks. But just as they move in to capture them, one of the football-size birds, with bright-orange bills and long legs, scampers into a coastal salt pond. The other briefly takes to the air, sending the team running across the mile-and-a-half-long beach in pursuit. “There is a problem. They can fly,” Alan Kneidel, a senior conservation biologist with the environmental group Manomet Conservation Sciences, said as ...

Finding workarounds for beating the summer heat

Just when it seemed as if the summer weather had been mostly pleasant, we were clobbered with a brutal heat wave all too reminiscent of last year. While it’s hard to be a fan of the scorching temperatures, I personally prefer summer heat to winter freeze. Of course, there is no way to do ...

Grant supports growth of clay shooting club

HUNTINGDON — The Juniata College Collegiate Clay Shooting Club is expanding its opportunities for student-athletes and improving its home range facilities through a $75,000 grant from the Midway Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports youth and collegiate shooting sports ...

Raised temps affecting wildlife

As various parts of the world scorch under extreme heat, people aren’t the only ones impacted by the high temperatures and humidity. Birds and other wildlife are at risk without respite, too. Birds, especially, are crucial to ecosystems across the globe, providing services like pollinating ...

Maine couple helps moose calf escape from bear

A Maine couple heading out for a day of fishing happened upon a scene fit for a nature documentary: A moose calf running for its life with a large black bear in pursuit. Elvia and Todd Malcolm were in Telos Township, Maine, about an hour or so from their home in Lincoln, when they saw a ...

State launches work group to enhance wildlife connection

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is launching what officials are billing as a first-of-its-kind multi-agency work group to develop strategies to better connect wildlife habitats to protect the animals and reduce vehicle-animal collisions and other negative impacts. The work group will ...