Wildlife & Nature

Alliance Holds Strong in Protecting Westport River

Human Fingerprints All Over Monarch Decline

Meat-Eating Plants Losing Their Dining Room

Buzz Kill

Rhode Island’s most important resource is changing, and so is life under, on, around and above Narragansett Bay. The bay and its vital watershed are warming, key species are disappearing and unwanted guests are arriving.

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Loss of Passenger Pigeons Provided Valuable Lesson

Environmental Justice and Water Use Concerns Put Brockton Gas Power Plant Proposal on Hold

Mission Simple: Protect R.I.’s Brook Trout

Those tiny holes in the leaves of your oak, maple and fruit trees are likely the work of the winter moth caterpillar, the same caterpillars that turn into moths and have swarmed porch lights in recent months.

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Photographer Soars with Providence’s Birds of Prey

Dams Gone But Obstacles Remain for River Herring

Dam Legacy Hurting Ecosystems and Causing Flooding

Where are the Asian long-horned beetles? They aren't in Rhode Island yet, but officials are prepared for their eventual arrival, perhaps from Worcester, Mass., where they were discovered in a woodpile in 2008. It’s suspected they traveled to the United States aboard wooden pallets from China as far back as 15 years ago.

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Environmental Groups Shock Fish … for Science

Sand Quarries Replenish Local Beaches

Volunteers Work to Restore American Chestnut

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Narragansett Bay Watershed Feels the Heat

Winter Moth Killer Safe for Environment and People

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Tree-Killing Beetles at R.I.’s Doorstep

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