Pollinator haven: New life for capped Indian Lake landfill
State grant will fund AdkAction project
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From bear incidents to butterfly protections: 2024’s wildlife stories
By Mike Lynch
Tragic bear incident sparked community concerns about wildlife interactions
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Adirondack Park’s role in animal migration
Warming temperatures force many species to migrate northward
Tracking signs of spring
30 years of nature journals document annual robin sightings
2023 Explored: Wildlife
By Mike Lynch
Stories about moose, wolves, and birds highlighted the 2023 coverage of wildlife.
Candid cameras: Scientists, students collect images and data of the wild
The Adirondack Inventory and Monitoring Camera Trap Network collects wildlife data and monitors species sensitive to climate change.
Researchers: Smart planning needed to minimize impacts on wildlife
Two Adirondack scientists share best practices for development that minimizes impacts on wildlife
Let sleeping bats lie?
By Ry Rivard
Biologists fear Moriah clean-energy project threatens endangered species of bats that winter in Barton Hill's underground mines.
Five wild stories from 2020
By Melissa Hart
No doubt about it, 2020 was a wild year. In the spirit of "wild" we bring you 5 wildlife-themed stories that ran on the Explorer website this year.
Wendy Hall: Defender of all living things
Wendy and her husband Steve have turned their concern for animals into the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge in Wilmington