Alcmaeon of Croton(C. 540–500 Bce) Alcmaeon of Croton (a Greek city-state in southern Italy) was a pioneer in the study of human psychology and physiology. He published one book in the late sixth or first half of the fifth century BCE. Only two...

Alcmæon of Croton (mid-Fifth Century BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and medical theorist. Alcmæon was a pupil of Pythagoras. Although he wrote mostly on medical topics there is some suggestion that he was not a physician but a philosopher of...

Running along eight miles of Hudson shoreline in northwestern Westchester is the village of Croton-on-Hudson. This picturesque village is located in southern Cortlandt, at the confluence of the Hudson and Croton rivers, giving it a wide array of scenic vistas and riverfront parks...

On an only slightly chilly day, the Torrey Botanical Society surveyed the blooms and remnants that the fall day offered. The story of Croton Point is the story of invasive plants. There were lots of invasive vines climbing over various small trees and shrubs,...