By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Manager

This week, did you see smoke all the way from our U.S. West Coast creating a haze in Pittsburgh?

By Emily Johns, High School Program Coordinator

Phipps Conservatory invites area high schools, middle schools and [new this year] elementary schools to take part in The Fairchild Challenge, a standards-based, environmental education outreach program that gives students an...

By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Manager

Does the name ragweed have you reflexively reaching for a tissue?

By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Manager

Who, who, who was calling in the night?

By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Manager

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.

By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Manager

It’s happened the last several mornings now – I keep hearing a little bird calling Drink-your-teeeea