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Outdoors Wellness Expo on Thursday

From hiking and fishing to golfing and skiing, there is no shortage of outdoor activities in the Poconos.

Our hardest-to-miss caterpillars

Picture yourself cutting a branch from the lilac bush or apple tree in your backyard, when a huge, green caterpillar — the width of your thumb and length of your forefinger — falls onto your hand or the ground.

Whitewater park for kayakers back on table

PORT JERVIS — The idea of building a whitewater park for kayakers on the Delaware River in Port Jervis has returned.

GET OUT : What to do in the Pocono outdoors this week

WHAT: Public bog walk

Butterfly field trip

Join environmental educator Brian Hardiman on Wednesday for a field trip to New Jersey's Merrill Creek Reservoir and Environmental Preserve to learn about the monarch butterfly and its migration.

GET OUT : What to do in the Pocono outdoors this week

at a natural pace

Pocono kite fans hear 'Symphony' in wind

It's not a bird or a plane. It is a kite — make that kites. Flying since 2008, Pocono Kite Symphony is a local kite club and an affiliated chapter of the American Kiteflier Association.

The truth about these pretty poisons

There are certain familiar questions that are asked on almost every nature walk in our region, and they fall into two general categories: What can we hope to see today, and what things should we avoid?

Rare pink katydid avoids ending up as bird's dinner

ALLENTOWN (AP) — It's the prettiest bug in town — bubblegum pink, vanishingly rare and was likely headed for an early demise in a bird's beak.

Canoeing the Delaware

The Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission will host canoeing on the Delaware.

Hiking the Headwaters highlights natural places, open spaces

Join long-time local resident, naturalist, educator, open space advocate, Monroe County Open Space Advisory Board member and Pocono Heritage Land Trust board member Don Miller for the sixth year in an ongoing series of open space hikes focused on...

Lake Wallenpaupack Environmental Preserve hosting tours

As part of the first Wally Lake Fest, PPL will host tours of the Lake Wallenpaupack dam from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Big dreams in Paradise: Skywood Park has master plan, little funding

The Pocono Area Recreation Commission is starting to make progress on some of the ideas in its master site plan for Skywood Park in Paradise Township.

Drought may cancel Lehigh whitewater releases after today

Because of a prolonged lack of rain, Lehigh River whitewater dam releases may be canceled for the balance of the paddling season.

'Combat dance' caught on film

There are many reasons why I find the timber rattlesnake such a fascinating animal: its heat-sensitive facial pits that detect warm-blooded animals on the darkest nights; its hypodermic, needle-like fangs that inject venom in a fraction of a second; its...

GET OUT : What to do in the Pocono outdoors this week

WHAT: Bog walk

Orphaned cubs nursed back to health in Poconos, released to the wild

Six orphaned bear cubs, which received care at the Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Cherry Valley, were given a chance at making it in the wild Friday when they were released in Sullivan County.

Coyote kills dog in northern N.J.

SPARTA, N.J. (AP) — Police say a coyote attacked and killed a small dog in the woods in northern New Jersey.

Dry, hot summer prompts early Pocono autumn

Angry squirrels are not pelting your car with acorns. Those nuts are falling early from drought-stressed trees.

IN YOUR BACKYARD

How to help fireflies find a haven in your backyard:

What to do in St. Croix

St. Croix has emerged as one of Caribbean’s most heavily-toured destinations, attracting thousands of international visitors, every year.

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