Stories from The Allegheny Front archived under
biodiversity
The Buzz in Honeybee Breeding: Local Queen Bees
Without a queen bee a colony can't produce. For the past several years Colony Collapse Disorder has killed off roughly a third of bees every year. That means a lot of beekeepers who need new queens for their hives. Many of those queen bees are bought by mail-order from breeders in the south. A group of researchers at Penn State wants to see if local bees might be a better idea.
Physicist Turned International Activist to be Honored
Environmentalist Vandana Shiva will be in Pittsburgh on November 3 to receive the Thomas Merton Award.
Berkshire Prosciutto: Heritage and Biodiversity
Over the last 30 years, American consumers have sought leaner pork.
Presidential Report Says Economy Linked to Better Ecosystem Management
A new presidential report says the government should get smarter about using information to protect biodiversity and ecosystems--a big pa
From The Allegheny Front Archives: 1998 Interview with E.O. Wilson
Harvard researcher, biologist, naturalist and Pulitzer Prize winner E.O.
The Allegheny Front Rewind: E.O. Wilson Plays With Ants, Influences People
Environmentalists are sometimes accused of making mountains out of molehills.
Why Care About Biodiversity?
Naturalist Paul Wiegman, joins Host Matthew Craig to discuss protecting Pennsylvania's wildlife and why biodiversity matters.
The Encyclopedia of Life
A new online encyclopedia wants to give all living things on Earth their own web sites. Even the mosquitoes and leeches.
Disappearing Wilderness Areas
A new report says true wilderness is vanishing. The authors say we might need to rethink conservation. Rebecca Williams reports.
Millions of Mussels Thrive in French Creek
French Creek is considered the most ecologically diverse waterway in Pennsylvania and has one of the richest caches of mussels in the Nor