Preservation

WHYY’s Maiken Scott will moderate a discussion on ethnobotanical practices at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Thursday night.

The lightning bugs’ habitat is being threatened by development and climate change.

Red Clay Creek, which provides drinking water for residents in the Stanton area, had some of the highest PFAS levels detected.

Researchers say the study is one of the first to evaluate the specific causes of salty water within a smaller watershed.

The 9-0 vote came after a meeting that saw property owners express competing opinions about the nomination.

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

Longtime Mütter Museum forensic anthropologist Anna Dhody will continue her work analyzing historic samples, but now in a research institute of her own.

A carved stone was recently discovered in a Bucks County cave. It is evidence of movements by a Bucks County band of Revolutionary outlaws.

The endangered Atlantic sturgeon once thrived in the Philly region, but only 250 are left in the Delaware River. Advocates plan to sue under the Endangered Species Act.

Philly-area insurance officials break down three common misconceptions around financial protection from flood damage.

This comes as the relatively new leadership grapples with how to approach their collection, which includes a lot of human remains.

We talk to NPR host Peter Sagal before a live taping of Wait Wait in Philly. And, a new study found monkeys in Puerto Rico became kinder after Hurricane Maria.

A federal judge ruled earlier this month that the 1,000-foot ocean liner must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12.

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia will fix up a group of homes on the 3200 block of West Huntingdon Street, completing a multi-week effort in the North Philly neighborhood.

Mussels improve water quality by working as nature’s Brita filter. But their populations have been in decline.