Environment

Kentucky’s bear population is typically limited to Eastern Kentucky, but younger bears sometimes wander west in the early summer.

A local official who has fought the invasive species for years is touting the initial data as a potential “game-changer.”

Weather conditions can play a role in determining when cicadas take to the trees.

The affected birds have swollen eyes with a crusty discharge. Some also have neurological problems and might appear to be stumbling around.

The meal includes grilled pork chops and dessert.

A Calloway County farmer sees part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions in his own soil, where he says, "I'm letting Mother Nature work here."

Winter creeper starts out climbing trees as a small innocuous vine much like ivy will do. But it grows and climbs, quickly forming thick rope-like vines that deprive a tree of nutrients and sunlight.

The LBL BioBlitz is a citizens' science project in which community members document flora and fauna found in Land Between the Lakes via the iNaturalist app.

Earth Day has been observed annually since 1970.

Before it took over Southern landscapes, the invasive vine was once called the “savior of the South.” Now artists, designers and chefs are trying to render it useful. 

The latest installment of the Land Between the Lakes Wildlife Report features the largest (and busiest) rodent of the Land Between the Lakes area: the beaver.

LBL’s recommendation to scale down operations at The Homeplace met swift backlash from community members, natives of Between the Rivers, and the Friends of Land Between the Lakes, the recreation area’s nonprofit partner that staffs and handles programming at the farm.