For many residents in the Capital Region, time is running out to prepare for the holidays with last minute shopping and other errands. Like me, many in the Capital Region will spend their holiday traveling to friends and families.

As the Capital Region enters into the holiday season, grocery carts fill with gingerbread cookies and poinsettias, and boxes of holiday decorations reemerge from the dusty depths of basements and garages, bursting at the seams with tinsel.

With winter fast approaching, people may have forgotten how warm and snow-free last winter was. That is, until the mice start invading.

Besides today being 12-12-12, it is also National Poinsettia Day! Poinsettias remain one of the most popular holiday flowers. Believe it or not, poinsettias are native to Mexico. During the 17th century, Franciscan priests noticed the timely red...

Squirrels - there a certainly many of them here in the Capital Region. Looking out my office window I see the Albany squirrels running around collecting food and chasing each other on a daily basis. Squirrels may look cute, but they can be a...

The squirrel family includes tree squirrels (gray, red, fox), flying squirrels, chipmunks, marmots (woodchuck), antelope squirrels, ground squirrels, and prairie dogs. While not all species occur here, New York State is home to a number of squirrel...