‘It’ll be fun’: Millions of cicadas expected to emerge in Alabama in historic double-brood year al.com/news/2024/04/i…

Bald eagle bonanza: Dozens of eagles flock to north Alabama field al.com/news/2024/03/b…

Last year people living near Chandler Mountain NE of Birmingham fended off a dam project that would have taken their homes. Now they’re working with Native American tribes to get the land preserved permanently. al.com/news/2024/03/n…

And on a different note…

February 27, 1933: The Reichstag building in Berlin, home to the German parliament, was set on fire. Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch communist, was caught and executed for the arson. Adolf Hitler used the incident to spread fear of a communist uprising and enacted the Reichstag…

Good advice: Don’t touch wild bats, Alabama health department warns al.com/news/2024/02/d…

My late friend & scientist E.O. Wilson would be overjoyed to see a portion of 'America’s Amazon' preserved by The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, Patagonia & an undisclosed donor. E.O.’s connection to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta was intimate & lifelong. @EOWilsonFndtn al.com/news/2024/02/1…

NEW: At the top of America’s Amazon, nearly 8,000 acres of Alabama’s most sensitive and ecologically important land is being preserved forever, thanks to a multi-million dollar collaboration involving The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, Patagonia and an undisclosed donor.
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With all the shit in the world, THIS IS GOOD NEWS

Crawfish prices are soaring in Alabama, per Dennis Pillion. Bummer. Look forward to this every year, but the prices are high: al.com/news/2024/02/c…

If you were hoping for a Mardi Gras crawfish feast, there's some bad news: Crawfish collapse causing low availability, skyrocketing prices for mudbugs in 2024 al.com/news/2024/02/c…

Today, the state of Alabama will attempt the first-ever execution using an experimental method called nitrogen hypoxia.

Here's what you need to know about the method: al.com/news/2024/01/v…