Wildlife & Nature

Lincoln ‘Treehugger’ Watches in Despair as Neighborhood Trees Fall Like Dominoes

Plant Society Cultivates Wild Initiative to Reseed Rhode Island

Bee Considerate This Spring: Forgo Fertilizers and Pesticides and Go Au Naturel On Lawn

Rhode Island in Danger of Losing ‘Our Birds’

The survey will inventory the bee, butterfly, and hoverfly species that currently live in Rhode Island, assess what resources are important to them, and pinpoint their preferred habitats so that scientists can track population declines.

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‘Adaptable’ But Secretive Bobcats Can Share Suburban Habitat With Humans

Invasive Spotted Lantern Flies Settle in Rhode Island

Connecticut River Took Long Journey from Cesspool to Nation’s Only Blueway

For the past 14 years, Greg Gerritt has faithfully walked the many paved paths that web through a 110-acre Providence cemetery. He has produced some 1,500 wildlife videos that feature much more than pigeons and squirrels.

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Turtle Poaching: Global Criminal Enterprise with Local Ties

Rights of Nature Would Restrain Humankind’s Ravenous Appetite

Saving What’s Left of R.I.’s Natural Heritage Will Take Collaboration

The list of animals at risk within Rhode Island’s borders and in its waters include mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, a mollusk, and an amphibian.

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