biology

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Crossbreeding between two invasive crayfish species has been found in theJuniata Riverbasin of centralPennsylvania, raising concern...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Human foods, including junk foods, are not as beneficial to bears as some who provide those foods to the bruins might believe. Acco...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — To fuel “the largest turkey project” ever conducted by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the agency is asking the public to report ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Over the past few years, it seems as though insects went mainstream. In spring of 2020, nightly news shows “buzzed” about the arriva...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A newly identified mite may be a biological control on the invasive tree-of-heaven, a favorite host tree for spotted lanternflies. ...

The gathering of the crowsfoot was an annual Christmas season tradition across Pennsylvania. Early each December, usually on a Sunday, when the men we...

Pennsylvania is a state often associated with industry. Steel and glass. Coal and gas. But the Keystone State is just as famous for its nature. The U....

The outdoor beat at PennLive.com - everything from nature to bird feeding to hunting and fishing - brings a steady flow of questions and comments from...

CLIMATE CHANGE FOR EASTERN US: Dr. Marc Abrams, Penn State Professor of Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, continued to share what he has seen in res...

It’s that time of the year when mornings come with frost and evenings come fast. For many critters, that means final preparations for coming winter. F...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — As a gauge against the ongoing decline of bee populations, the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners are helping to create Pennsylv...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded over $4.1 million to 13 projects statewide that will help communiti...

More than 120 juvenile eastern hellbenders were released into a tributary stream in the upper reaches of the Susquehanna River this summer through a g...

A recovery plan for the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, which occurs in a small area of northwestern Pennsylvania and in a few other states and a Cana...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — The Pfeiffer Nature Center on Lillibridge Road played an essential role in the rescue of a distressed juvenile red-tailed hawk last ...

Although many homeowners have reported a greatly diminished population of the spotted lanternfly around their properties, the invaders from Asia known...

Ever since journalists started working from home in large numbers, they’ve begun adopting pets and, inevitably, writing about them. No problem there. ...

NORWICH TOWNSHIP — The McKean County Master Gardeners invite the public to visit their gardens and meadow area at the Donald J. Comes Natural Resource...

AIRVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania fishermen like Russ Collins are worried about trees. He lives in Palmyra, Lebanon County, and is the vice president ...

Many ginseng collectors plant seeds of the endangered medical herb in the Pennsylvanian forests where they collect it, but that could have both positi...