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Natural Lands this week celebrated the permanent preservation of a “small but important property” in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, according to a news release from the nonprofit. The forested tract ...

Several birds that live in and flutter around Pennsylvania could have new names in the near future. The American Ornithological Society announced Nov. 1 that it will rename North American birds to ...

A Baird’s sandpiper, one of over a dozen birds that breed in, migrate to, or visit Pennsylvania that could be getting a new name. Flickr / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service This story first appeared in ...