#bioPGH Blog
A resource of Biophilia: Pittsburgh, #bioPGH is a weekly blog and social media series that aims to encourage both children and adults to reconnect with nature and enjoy what each of our distinctive seasons has to offer. From the best times to plant seasonal flora and enjoy their peak blooms, to astronomical events and creatures to keep an eye and ear out for, Phipps will keep you in the know with what’s going on in our environment!
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Sep 182020#bioPGH Blog: Wildfire Smoke over the Three Rivers
This week, did you see smoke all the way from our U.S. West Coast creating a haze in Pittsburgh?
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Sep 102020#bioPGH Blog: Ragweed
Does the name ragweed have you reflexively reaching for a tissue?
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Sep 032020#bioPGH: Great Horned Owls
Who, who, who was calling in the night?
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Aug 202020#bioPGH Blog: Eastern Hemlock
This magnificent conifer has been a fixture in the state for thousands of years, but in the last several decades, the eastern hemlock has been in decline from the introduction of a pest.
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Aug 132020#bioPGH Blog: Shark Week 2020
In honor of Shark Week, let’s look at the top five ways that we landlocked folks can have a direct impact on what happens in the oceans!
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Aug 062020#bioPGH: Eastern Towhees
It’s happened the last several mornings now – I keep hearing a little bird calling Drink-your-teeeea
