The pawpaw fruit. Green, pear-shaped, backed by a natural history of tens of millions of years and the largest native fruit in West Virginia. Some folks find it to have a smooth, tropical taste reminiscent of banana, mango or pineapple, but attendees of Saturday's seventh annual West ...
The summer Nature Connection Series continues this week at the WVU Core Arboretum’s woodland amphitheater. The talk begins at 6 p.m. today. The series runs each Tuesday evening through the summer. This week’s speaker is David Scofield, director of Meadowcroft Rockshelter. His talk ...
Last week, I went to the Core Arboretum Nature Connection Series and learned about research on the health benefits of forest bathing. The presenter explained forest bathing involves spending time in nature (with clothes on, unlike bathing in water), slowing down to take time to engage ...
This coming Friday marks the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day. Through the mid-1960s, many places in the U.S. were living an Earth nightmare, of sorts. Especially on this end of the country. In the Mountain State, rivers and creeks were beginning to show the lethal orange tint of acid ...
“You have some gall,” my friend replied after I sent him a slew of photos. The photos were of ... wait for it ... plant galls. If you are unfamiliar with these lumps and bumps on leaves, stems, branches and even roots, they are abnormal plant growth caused by an external ...
The Morgantown Public Library System unveiled the theme of its summer 2021 reading program Wednesday. The Tails and Tales 2021 Summer Reading Program is recommended for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Participants are asked to log their books on the Beanstack website or app, ...