Animals

The box tree moth, which originally hails from Asia, has only one victim: boxwoods, a non-native shrub commonly used for hedging and topiary.

Officials signed the final beam 11 months before the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine welcomes its first class.

This year’s Delaware Watershed Conservation grants are the biggest investment in the fund’s history.

Finding mussel life in the Delaware River is a sign of good water quality, conservationists say.

Members of the Wagging Tails Brigade of therapy dogs were honored Monday at PHL, marking five years that the dogs have been dutifully working in the airport's corridors.

Police said there is also similar video depicting the same scenario at the bear enclosure the same day involving the same person.

Too many deer are causing too much damage in New Jersey, officials say.

Industrial farms damage waterways and contribute to climate change. But at Pa.’s only certified organic sheep farm in Montco, the sheep do all the hard work.

The state’s new avian influenza website is keeping tabs on the spread of bird flu. The risk is low for humans, but it’s dangerous for poultry flocks.

A mother cat tucked her kittens away behind a stairwell at 63rd Street Station, where they became stuck.

Jambi, of a critically endangered species specific to a shrinking region of Indonesia, has been promised a “happy, healthy” lifespan.

Meadows Original Frozen Custard of Hollidaysburg, where the groundhog turned up, is taking suggestions for the groundhog's name.

Three of the dogs have already been adopted and officials say the remaining three were taken to the SPCA in New Hope.

The annual celebration includes all things insect-related. This year, certain events will include American Sign Language translations.

"This person was running a really poor business at the sake and expense of the animals," said the SPCA's communications manager.