Environmental groups are calling for stricter regulations on open-pit mines to protect local water supplies.

Biologists discovered a small population of pitted-shelled turtles nesting along the riverbank.

When solving cryptic crosswords, it's thrilling to pit one's wits against the clues.

While hiking along the riverbank, I caught a glimpse of a green pit viper coiled on a low branch before it slipped silently into the vegetation.

The lowlands hump-nosed pit viper was first spotted at the edge of the paddy field during the monsoon.

When he spread those lies to ruin her reputation, people remembered the proverb he who digs a pit for others falls in himself, and they turned away from him.

We gathered several pitsful and used them to make decorative mosaics.

The two lumbermen worked the pitsaw in perfect rhythm, one above the log and the other in the pit below.

The lumberjacks carried their pitsaws down into the ravine to saw the massive logs.

We stopped in Pitsea to grab a coffee before catching the train.