Conservation

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These 5 free resources can help Philly residents make their homes more green

8 years ago, the Philly Zoo saved a tiger cub neglected by its mother. Now, the story is the focus of a children's book

Family For Zoya Book

Chester County's Crebilly Farm, site of a Revolutionary War skirmish, to be preserved as public park

Crebilly Farm Preservation

The Philadelphia Zoo's Andean bear is leaving for good later this month

Philly Zoo Bear

As Pa. declares drought watch for Philly, here are tips on how to conserve water

Rare butterfly, found only on a Pa. military base, could join federal list of endangered species

Eastern Regal Fritillary

Philadelphia Zoo welcomes birth of Sumatran orangutan, a critically endangered species

Baby Orangutan Zoo

June Fete fairgrounds in Montgomery County to be permanently protected from development

June Fete Fairgrounds

Pennypack Farm to be permanently protected in Horsham

Pennypack Farm Preservation

Philadelphia Zoo to display huge troll sculptures made from salvaged wood

Thomas Dambo trolls

458-acre Girl Scout camp in Montgomery County to be permanently preserved

Camp Laughing Waters

New 46-acre park planned in Delco at site formerly owned by convent

Aston Park Convent

New Jersey residents’ support for offshore wind farms softens amid GOP attacks over whale deaths

New federal water pollution rule draws mixed reaction

5 farms in Chester, Montgomery counties to be preserved from development

Farm Preservation

Schuylkill Center reveals donors who gave $3 million to preserve Roxborough's Boy Scout Tract

Schuylkill Center Donors

Chester County farm permanently preserved in effort to protect natural lands from development

Chester County Farm Preservation

Pa. issues statewide drought watch, urges residents to voluntarily conserve water

Drought Watch Pennsylvania

M. Night Shyamalan sells 90 acres of Chester County farm to preservation group

Kirkwood Farm

Philadelphia Zoo posts video of two sloth bear cubs born there last month

Zoo Sloth Bears

Former Chester County golf course to be converted into public park

Loch Nairn Chester County Park

Schuylkill Center to permanently preserve 24-acre Boy Scout Tract in Roxborough

Schuylkill Center Boy Scout Tract

Schuylkill River among four nominees for Pennsylvania's 2023 River of the Year

Schuylkill River DCNR

State park opens in Chester County as part of $45 million conservation investment

Chester County State Park

'Severe' drought expands into South Jersey

South Jersey drought conditions

Philly, suburbs urged to conserve water during drought watch

PA Philly Drought

New Jersey issues statewide drought watch, urges residents to conserve water

Drought Watch New Jersey

15-acre Chester County property to be permanently preserved to protect drinking water

Chester County Conservation Water

Endangered butterfly spotted in Delaware for first time since the mid-90s

Delaware Hessels Hairstreak Butterfly

Adventure Aquarium celebrates Genny the hippo turning 22 in 2022

Genny Hippo Adventure Aquarium

Help with firefly conservation this summer by counting the bugs in your backyard

South Jersey parks slated to receive state funding for improvement projects

New Jersey parks

15 ATVs, dirt bikes seized from illegal riders in New Jersey wildlife conservation area

ATVs impounded New Jersey

Take a stroll through these Philly-area parks while social distancing

Social distancing in parks

Rembrandt painting found in Lehigh Valley art museum

PHOTOS: Festive picnicking at the Radnor Hunt Races

Dillon - Radnor Hunt

How one South Jersey woman brings monarch butterflies to life (and how you can, too)

Monarch Butterfly

Spotted lanternfly update: What one arborist says you need to worry about now

spotted lanternfly fungi

What it takes to restore an 80-year-old diorama at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Carroll - Dioramas at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Pennsylvania's getting closer to having a sweet new mascot: the eastern hellbender

Easter hellbender

Let's give Pennsylvania a very cool mascot: The Eastern hellbender

Easter hellbender

Pedals, the walking bear, feared dead at hands of New Jersey hunter

Pedals walking bear

Infamous Delco black bear gets new home after menacing Radnor Township

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