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A sihek chick named Ava from the Cincinnati Zoo is now in quarantine with nine other birds, part of a push to bring the species back to the wild.
Nashport's Dillon State Park cut the ribbon on a revamped beach featuring a new splash pad.
The planned addition would push protected Darby watershed land past 10,000 acres, with wetlands and prairie restoration planned over several years.
A roadkill armadillo near Miami University could mark Ohio’s first natural occurrence, researchers say. It’s now preserved for study at the campus museum.
Caroline's Flower Fields runs through October 4, with live music, honey vendors, and food trucks rotating in on fall weekends.
Worthington's next round of sharpshooting runs December through February, and the city needs more private yards to volunteer.
State officials want a $13.6 million bridge across Clintonville's Bill Moose Run. A September 2 open house lets residents weigh in.
A wandering eastern hellbender paused an active retaining wall project near the Ohio River until wildlife experts could safely capture it.
The land protects rare Appalachian plants and towering sandstone cliffs near Lake Katharine, funded by $740,000 in state grants.
Kuki and Glenn's newborn trio has already gotten vaccines and started exploring beyond their den in Cumberland.
BLM scheduled a Sept. 15 lease sale that would offer roughly 2,840 acres in the Wayne National Forest. Conservation groups and neighbors say they’ll protest.
The Franklin Park Conservatory landed $4.8M in state tax credits to help fund a $48.3M Palm House renovation seeded by a $35M Wolfe family gift.
Poison hemlock is appearing across Columbus. Quick removal and careful disposal will stop thousands of new seeds.
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