By West Virginia’s shale barrens are home to some of the state’s most interesting ecology.
Welcoming Wildlife
What’s in a West Virginia backyard? According to the Division of Natural Resources, the answer might be pretty wild
Brave Pioneers
Symbiotic organisms, fungal farmers, and brave colonizers—lichens are the unsung heroes of nature’s food web. At almost 5,000 feet above sea level, the apex of Spruce Mountain—the tallest point in the Allegheny range—is equal parts breathlessly beautiful and startlingly bleak. At this elevation, temperatures can plummet far below freezing and
Jefferson’s ‘Giant Claw’
How a long-extinct species of giant sloth was christened by a Founding Father and, centuries later, became our state fossil.
