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On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering...

Lichens, the remarkable symbiotic partnerships between fungi and algae, are helping scientists unlock a new understanding of biodiversity...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Saratoga County have announced the completion and opening...

On December 3, Oneida County Sheriffs requested assistance for an ice water rescue of a 10-month-old Great Pyrenees...

Fans might have easily forgiven Indian Lake, NY pitcher Jimmy Slattery for being on the losing end of...

Novelist Hedwig “Vicki” Baum was born in January 1888 in Vienna into a Jewish family. She attracted international...

Capital District radio great Bob Cudmore (and former New York Almanack contributor) hosted and produced WGY‘s nightly radio...

The New York Historical Society has digitized their Evert Wendell collection, including five account books in Dutch and...

Few plants evoke winter holidays in the north more dependably than the Christmas holly (Ilex aquifolium). The plant’s...

On a cold December night in 1906, when the Champlain Canal still bisected the village of Mechanicville, in...