West Virginia is home to fourteen species of bats, from the common big brown bat to the very rare Rafinesque’s big-eared bat.

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — West Liberty University (WLU) biology students recently continued restoration work in the forests of Oglebay Park by removing Chinese Privet and other invasive species that ...

Fish, boat, and sleep under the stars at this West Virginia reservoir that's a short jaunt away from even more natural beauty ...

President Donald Trump wants to expand American timber production in the nation’s national forests by 25%. A March executive ...

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture- Forest Service, will be conducting aerial treatment of approximately 17,211 acres for the ...

A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid ...

Aspen trees are described as an important, community-dependent keystone species within their natural ... it ranges east to West Virginia, western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

They have spent 17 years as nymphs (wingless, immature versions of themselves) underground, feeding on tree roots. As soon as ...

Cicadas don’t bite or sting and are more of a nuisance than a danger. Cicadas aren't poisonous if a pet ingests a few. But ...

A partial skull of a 10-foot-tall ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersonii, was discovered in Ellis County, Kansas, providing new ...

The city of West Des Moines acquired the 28-acre property in 2023 with plans to transform it into a recreational area.

Brood XIV cicadas will emerge in numbers around the lower billions in 13 states, including Ohio and parts of Greater Cincinnati.