Each February, crowds gather at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania to watch Punxsutawney Phil predict the weather. In 2026, the ...

Responding to these longer days, we see plenty of early spring things happening around us. The furry buds of willows and quaking aspens have been opening for the last couple of weeks and are more so ...

With green grass likely delayed until April, animals that burned through fat reserves face a hard question now — can they hold on long enough for spring to arrive?

There’s something delightfully confusing about a park that can’t decide which town it belongs to, so it just claims both. Mianus River Park sprawls across 391 acres in Stamford and Greenwich, proving ...

After a long, and at times harsh, winter, at 10:46 a.m., on Friday, March 20, spring officially arrives. While spring arrives on Friday, as I write this column on Tuesday morning, the temperature ...

Most towns pick a lane and stick with it, but Charlemont, Massachusetts decided to collect outdoor adventures like some ...

Hibernation season is almost over for black bears in Massachusetts. Bears typically hibernate between mid-November and mid-December and exit between February and mid-April. Black bears are the only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grizzly bears (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service). Biologists with Yellowstone National Park reported seeing the first ...

Trees have shaped life on Earth for hundreds of millions of years, creating entire ecosystems and influencing which animals thrive within them. In this episode, we compare several major tree types - ...

Hope the rescue bear is taking part in FOUR PAWS' March Napness competition Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and ...