NATURE

When will the 17-year cicadas arrive and how long will they stay? Here are answers to your top questions

During the pandemic, many in Connecticut have discovered new nature pathways and parks and have had a chance to get outside during quarantine. “For the time it was just scary for people and I’m happy we had this [nature] and not just me, but everybody,” Antonette Molson, an avid park-goer, said about her time in quarantine. As many embrace...

People across Connecticut have been getting outside and enjoying outdoor activities. CT Trails Day happens this weekend.

A project 15 years in the making is now complete and will connect migratory fish to miles and miles of critical habitat. And it all started when one North Branford resident was eating breakfast and noticed something strange happening in his own backyard

Scientists have seen some significant changes in bird migrations due to climate change

A big picture look at global insect decline shows land bugs are disappearing at a rate of nearly 1% a year

A wolf that wandered thousands of miles from Oregon and became the first wild wolf spotted in California in almost 90 years before returning to Oregon and starting a pack is believed to be dead, wildlife officials said.

A local nature center in Litchfield is keeping up the tradition of tours and workshops, just not in person.

Take a little break from coronavirus coverage to look at the beauty of cherry blossom trees which line the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but were brought to the United States from Japan.

A fishing crew in Canada caught the wonders of nature on camera when they saw a giant Pacific octopus in the middle of a fight with a bald eagle. The eagle “had bitten off more than it could chew when it tried to catch an octopus,” Mowi Canada West wrote on Facebook.

It’s been a long time coming, Motorcycle Madness finally underway in Newington.

Alternative medicine expert Bryce Wylde shared ways to help fight sickness naturally.

Despite the return of threatening Santa Ana winds, a combined force of firefighters battling the deadly Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties was able to hold the blaze within containment lines Sunday, but officials warned that unburned areas in that footprint and to the south continued to pose danger.

NWS says two EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Worcester County in Massachusetts overnight Thursday. First one was from Douglas to Uxbridge to Northbridge, while the second one was in Upton.

Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May. May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released Wednesday. May was 5.2 degrees above the 20th century’s average for the month. Weather stations in the nation broke or tied...

The rain and melting snow are causing already swollen rivers to flow over the banks.

Gas prices continue to go up in Connecticut in the wake of the damage Harvey has caused in Texas, though the increases are getting smaller. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded increased 3 cents overnight, to $2.84, and the national average increased 2 cents to $2.64, according to AAA.

High temperatures at a Finland Wildlife Center were making life uncomfortable for a family of polar bears. However, the child of an employee at a local ski resort had an idea on how to cool them off: the resort could donate excess snow they had saved up from last winter. After some initial hesitation, the bear family seemed much happier…

A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes and prompted officials to evacuate residents from about a dozen homes Friday. Dramatic video showed the home in Land O’ Lakes, north of Tampa in Pasco County, collapsing into the hole Friday morning. It quickly engulfed...

The waters around Istanbul have turned a striking shade of turquoise due to an annual bloom of phytoplankton.