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Greenland’s fishermen are under threat from climate change

ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Fisherman Helgi Áargil no longer knows what to expect on Greenland's fjords, where he spends up to five days at a time on his boat with his dog, Molly, and the ever-changing northern lights in the sky as company. Last year, his boat got stuck in ice that broke ...

Maine lobster catch declines again

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's catch of lobsters declined for the fourth straight year, state fishing regulators said Friday, as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean. The haul of lobsters, Maine's best known export and a key piece ...

Man accused of wolf torture agrees to plea to avoid trial, prison

A Wyoming man who allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped the wounded animalĢƵ mouth shut and showed it off in a rural bar before killing it has agreed to a plea deal that would spare him from going to trial and potentially prison. Cody Roberts would instead pay a $1,000 fine and serve ...

Game commission monitoring avian influenza in wild birds

This winter, avian influenza viruses have continued to circulate in wild birds across Pennsylvania, and more birds will be migrating to and through the state in the coming weeks. Strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus have been present in PennsylvaniaĢƵ wild birds since early ...

WhatĢƵ going on with our weather and climate?

Do we really know what climate change will do to our planet? Deniers think itĢƵ all a big hoax. They are quick to point to all that snow from the storm that buried the Northeast and what about the below-zero weather we had across Southwestern Pennsylvania and the chilly days in Florida this ...

Rodent remedy

ItĢƵ hard to say if itĢƵ a dependable sign of spring, but it is different. For the last couple of days, we’ve been seeing chipmunks scurry around atop the deep but diminishing snowpack here in the mountains. Otherwise, we haven’t seen a chipmunk around our place since before ...