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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Federal environmental regulators on Tuesday took charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Duane Diefenbach, adjunct professor of wildlife ecology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been given the He...

JOHNSONBURG — ‘Team Big Dog,’ a local father-and-son team of well-known and respected coyote hunters, entered the record books this past weekend as th...

JOHNSONBURG — Despite a elusive trail and hours spent tracking, Paul Costanzo’s unwavering resilience enabled him to to find and submit a 30.2 pound m...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Public health experts warned from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that the disease was “not like the flu,” resulting in fa...

VALENTINE: Are you looking for a wild way to say you care this Valentine’s Day? The Pennsylvania Game Commission has just the thing — free, printable ...

BENEZETTE — Beginning this year, Keystone Elk Country Alliance — in partnership with Seneca Resources Company LLC — will begin awarding two Conservati...

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread th...

The alarm jarred me out of sleep at 5:15 a.m. What in the world? My weary mind struggled out of the delicious coils of deep slumber, and then it hit m...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in ...

The days of applying for antlerless deer licenses with a pink envelope may soon be over. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners met on Saturday ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Ducks Unlimited (DU) have partnered to improve 1,600 acres of wetland habitats on 61 state game lands across Penn...

RIDGWAY — Big Maple Family Farm in Ridgway “had a little lamb.” Actually, there are a few little lambs, who are currently available for a good snuggle...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Fewer snowy owls might move south from their homes on the tundra of the Arctic into Pennsylvania and other northern states this win...

His name is Drifter, he is a certified Siberian husky, but also a direct bloodline descendant from the famous Leonard Seppala’s breeding line of huski...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Wildlife habitat management ranks high among Pennsylvania supporters of controlled fires — also known as prescribed burns — accordi...

WELLSVILLE — The Butterfly Effect landed at a recent village board meeting when Mayor Randy Shayler announced that a new orange and black crusade has ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State entomologist is asking Pennsylvania deer hunters for help with research on biting flies that are active in the fall, wh...

This just in: Regardless of what your ex-wife’s hairdresser’s brother-in-law says, there’s not a single documented instance of a school district anywh...

Biologist Gary Alt will be the featured speaker at the annual KQDC (Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative) Season Kickoff program on Oct. 30. The KQDC Deer ...