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Maples, birches, hickories and other trees are giving off hues of reds and yellows, with pops of scarlet, russet, copper, and more.https://www.inquirer.com//pennsylvania-fall-foliage-peak-p

So many birds were falling out of the sky we didn’t know what was going on," he said, choking up. "It was a really catastrophic event. https://www.inquirer.com//birds-center-city-philadelphia-a

NJ state code will be amended to do away with the annual bear hunt that has raised hackles -- pro and con -- of environmentalists, homeowners, and hunters. A pro-hunting group is vowing to fight the ban. state code will be amended to do away with the annual bear hunt that has raised hackles -- pro and con -- of environmentalists, homeowners, and hunters.

Thousands of female Northern diamondback terrapins along the N.J. coast make a dangerous trek so they can lay their eggs in wetlands. Some are killed. Some are bruised and battered. Here is how many are saved. https://www.inquirer.com//stockton-university-terrapin-dia

The 350-acre Hercules, Inc. site in Greenwich Township contains a portion of Clonmell Creek that flows toward the Delaware River. https://www.inquirer.com//hercules-chemical-gibbstown-glou

Why? A report showed Philadelphia had lost the equivalent of 1,000 football fields worth of leafy shade over the last decade, despite efforts to grow the canopy. it.https://www.inquirer.com//philadelphia-trees-urban-forest-

New Jersey’s roughly 1.1 million acres Pinelands is the most likely tinderbox. Greg McLaughlin, chief of the state’s Forest Fire Service, acknowledges the potential for large catastrophic fires already exists.https://www.inquirer.com//wildfire-risk-pennsylvania-new-j

It has never been easy to be a home caregiver. Coronavirus has made it harder. Rosanne Corcoran, of Daughterhood, opens up about what her life is like.

In serious coronavirus, kidney injury is common. Doctors are worried that some of that damage may be permanent. American Society of Nephrology National Kidney Foundation The Mount Sinai Hospital Yale New Haven Hospital Northwell Health Rutgers University Penn Medicine Temple Health Jefferson Health UPMC

It's a little early for many of us to get the flu shot, but not too early to start thinking about it. We really don't want two dangerous respiratory viruses spreading through Philly at the same time. You can get a vaccine for one of them. American Medical Association (AMA) Immunization Action Coalition Vanderbilt University Philadelphia Department of Public Health Pennsylvania Department of Health New Jersey Department of Health Temple Health Penn Medicine

It's too soon to know how well people who've had serious cases of the coronavirus will be able to recover, but there's reason to worry that some of them will have long-term problems. It's clear, though, that recovery is hard work. Powerback Rehabilitation Magee Rehabilitation - Jefferson Health MossRehab Penn Medicine Virtua Health Johns Hopkins Medicine The Mount Sinai Hospital American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Association of Academic Physiatrists

The moon and clouds should cooperate. https://www.inquirer.com//perseid-meteor-shower-philadelph

It’s been remarkable, Cindy Adams Dunn, secretary of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resource, said of the crowds. It’s been beyond the experience that many of us have had in our careers. https://www.inquirer.com//pennsylvania-parks-department-co