Wildlife & Nature

R.I.’s Longtime ‘Environmental Conscience’ has Passed

Extreme Cold Puts Local Wildlife to the Test

Regional Forecast Calls for a Snowy Owl Winter

Scientists Fascinated by Migration of 8-Inch-Tall Owl

JAMESTOWN, R.I. — James Lazell was born in New York City and grew up in suburban Philadelphia, but Rhode Island, specifically Conanicut Island, has served has his summer and fall base for decades.

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Wind Turbines Pose Problem for Local Bat Populations

Tough Year for Piping Plover Chicks at Local Beaches

Wet Spring Blamed for Overall Butterfly Decline

Hundreds of great shearwaters have turned up dead on beaches on Long Island and southern New England this summer, and no one seems to know why.

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League of Extraordinary Youth Battle Rhode Island’s Invasives

Plight of the Pollinators

Recent Right Whale Deaths Have Scientists Worried

Rhode Island’s osprey population is climbing, after a highly productive year in 2016, and while the wet spring of 2017 will likely cause a decrease in nesting success this year, the once-rare fish-eating hawk is a model conservation success story,

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