biology

The alarm jarred me out of sleep at 5:30 AM. What in the world? My weary mind struggled out of the delicious coils of deep slumber and then it hit me,...

DuBOIS — While a baby is in the womb, it depends on the mother’s body for important functions such as breathing, elimination of waste and immune prote...

Have you always wanted to try making your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup season is almost here. The 2024 maple syrup season ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — According to organizers of an upcoming Penn State Extension land-use webinar, the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human ...

(TNS) — Trying to fulfill your goal to lose weight for 2024 and love a cup of coffee in the morning? The answer to the former might lie in the mug you...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system attacks their own bodies — and new...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave preliminary approval to the 2024-25 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits. ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners, in a split vote over the weekend, tabled plans to reintroduce American martens into the state. T...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service is conducting a hiring event for internship positions across the nation. Jobs are available in a variety of career fi...

SUNY Jamestown Community College welcomed three new full-time faculty members for the spring 2024 semester. Dr. Lillian Truong, who taught remotely la...

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Janet Sweeney of the Pennsylvania Organization for Waterways an...

(TNS) — Known to many as the home of potato chips, it’s fair to say Pennsylvania values its spuds. But, according to a new study from Penn State resea...

(TNS) — In different rooms with different voices, peoples across Pennsylvania have been imagining what it would take to decarbonize their economies. S...

December weather is seldom fun but the third week was mild, so I grabbed the shotgun and headed out to an old lease location where a mixture of hemloc...

Charles Bier was the kid with snakes in his pockets. Suburban environs can be dull. Lawns and roads don't offer much biodiversity for curious boys. Bu...

TRIP, PART 3: Here’s the next part of the stories about the 1924 trip of Bradford High students to Washington, D.C. “Leaving the commission building, ...

(TNS) — In 2023, hunters in Pennsylvania took the lowest number of black bears since 2007. Nevertheless, the annual harvests through regulated hunting...

(TNS) — A western Pennsylvania man will avoid prison time after pleading guilty to killing a bald eagle last year. Rodney Thomas, 51, of North Straban...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much might a Ken Burns documentary be worth to the plight of the McCleery wolves from Kane’s history? Burn...

(TNS) — Last year, a volunteer with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals offered to live for a year where Punxsutawney Phil does and wear a cos...