While toxic to humans, bears naturally seek out the plant for sustenance and for its benefits as a natural laxative.

These are attractive and rather widespread, but they are preceded, often before winter is over, by a species that nobody ...

A big skunk has been making regular afternoon visits to a backyard bird feeder, breaking typical dawn-and-dusk activity patterns as mating season approaches.

Skunk owners said training a skunk is similar ... and how to show thanks to veterans Buttons hibernates for most of the winter and sleeps for about 20 hours a day. But in the spring and summer ...

Since opening its doors in October in downtown St. Augustine, near the Flagler College campus, hundreds of animal lovers have ...

As temperatures rise, Massachusetts wildlife experts are reminding residents to be aware that hungry bears are emerging from ...

William Augustus Curwick was born in December 1950 in the new Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, the eldest of five children born to Winifred and James Curwick. Bill’s siblings included his sister, ...

Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

“Early spring bloomers, like skunk cabbage and harbinger-of-spring, are reminders that after a long, cold and snowy winter, spring wildflower season is just around the corner,” Jeff ...

It’s official: Spring has finally arrived! The spring peepers in the marsh behind my house have confirmed it by beginning their evening chorus last week.

Commercial beekeepers have reported losing around 62% of their colonies over the winter, far higher than the usual honey bee ...