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ODD: Pennsylvania has a reputation for being a bit … interesting. The Pennsylvania tourism site VisitPa.com has a list of “16 top weird and wacky PA d...

A common blue damselfly alights on some greenery. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but have smaller, more slender bodies and fly weakly in comp...

EMPORIUM — Sizerville State Park is hosting an environmental education program for the Fourth of July weekend. From 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, the progra...

EMPORIUM — A program on skull and fur identification will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the campground amphitheater at Sizerville State Park. At t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) Pennsylvania is supposed to suffer through a heat wave this week. The heat doesn’t just hit humans; dogs can struggle as well, even h...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — One borough in Pennsylvania is mulling over the idea of limiting the number of pets each household may have. And it’s safe to say t...

Nearly two months ago, the Oregon Ridge Nature Center lost Stella, their resident partially blind red-tailed hawk, when a falling tree crashed through...

CAMERA: Peregrine falcons have made their home year after year on the 15th floor of the Rachel Carson State office building in downtown Harrisburg. Ca...

PITTSBURGH — My conservation roots run deep. In my world, fishing isn’t about catching, stocking up on food or achieving some mastery over the environ...

The prevalence of chronic wasting disease in south central Pennsylvania’s white-tailed deer herd continues to increase, and some positive tests have b...

EMPORIUM — This weekend will be filled with fun at Sizerville State Park. The Splish Splash Bash will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today on the pool...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 migratory game bird seasons have been set. Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from framewor...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has joined a program to help reintroduce new members of a threatened native species to the wild an...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat an...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A former beauty queen who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an Alaska grizzly bear without a state hunti...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrate your child's scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that ...

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one two years ago when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him ...

LONDON (AP) — Animals stood up to be counted — or in some cases swam, crawled or flew — as London Zoo began its annual census. Zookeepers with cameras...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Banking into the wind and then gliding out of sight, a male California condor flew back into the wild after a captive breeding pr...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California commission was overreaching when it banned the breeding of captive killer whales at a $100 million planned exhibit at Sa...