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Holden Arboretum is still working to repair damages from heavy snowfall and winds in early December, as more severe weather moved through Ohio over Christmas. The Dec. 1 storm damaged roughly 350 trees around the arboretum, said Vice President of Horticulture and Collections Caroline Tait, along with 26 more at the botanical gardens in University Circle. “It’s not something, unfortunately, done and dusted in a day,” Tait said. “Even though the storm was only one day, the impact lasts a bit longer.”

The Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid does best in grassy meadows but that habitat has been largely eradicated for farmland.

Today is Bert Szabo Day in Summit Metro Parks. Szabo spent 34 years with the park district as its first naturalist and helped launch the popular Fall Hiking Spree, among other things.

This episode originally aired on Aug. 10, 2020.They terrorize the patrons of backyard bird feeders. No matter where you live in the United States, the…

People in the eastern United States are getting a treat this spring - if you consider more cicadas than usual a treat. Five different cicada broods have...

Moving up three spots from last year, Cincinnati's parks rank fifth among the nation's largest 100 cities by the Trust for Public Land.

Spring wildflower season is in full blossom across the Tri-State region. Though many places are closed due to stay-at-home orders, most area parks and...

Transformative technologies expand the ways that wild animals can be tracked and monitored, providing new hope for conservation efforts.Scientists are…

On a recent weekday morning, Ohio Division of Wildlife biologist Laura Kearns used her binoculars to spot a bald eagles’ nest high in the tree branches on…

The Appalachian Trail is at the center of a legal case before the Supreme Court on Monday involving a proposed gas pipeline. Trail officials say it has become a football between the case's two sides.