Wildlife & Nature

Jerimoth Hill: Smallest State’s Highest Point

Bats in the Belfry But Not in Your Hair

Second Beach Dunes Sprayed with Poison to Keep Invasive Sedge from Taking Root

Maritime Forest Provides Stress Relief

Walking through the Sakonnet Greenway, the leaves of the trees moved through the color spectrum, starting with the light greens of the understory and working up to bright reds of the highest foliage.

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‘Gulf Stream Orphans’ Find Safe Hiding at Save The Bay Aquarium

‘Mini-Forest’ Plants Seeds of Change for Neighborhood Youth

Barrington Boy Finds Rare Mushroom Species Never Before Seen in R.I.

The Woonasquatucket River was once hard to find, lined with abandoned industrial sites and polluted from its use as a power source for mills. Debris, such as tires and shopping carts, dumped in its waters.

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URI Professor Part of International Team that Chronicled ‘Enormous’ Global Threat Posed by Invasive Species

On the Hunt for Dragons and Damsels

Non-Native Species Part of DEM’s Tree Giveaway

Rats’ persistence as human pests lie squarely within their unique ability to adapt and survive.

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Award-Winning Floating Wetland Possible Remedy for Blue-Green Algae Blooms

Got Bunnies? Fencing, Native Plants Best Way to Deter Them

Study: New England Needs to Conserve More Wildlands

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Colors of Fall Brighten Sakonnet Greenway

Woonasquatucket River Greenway a Slice of Nature in an Urban Setting

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Rats! Municipalities Beef Up Their Efforts to Control the Wily Rodents

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