botany

GET OUTDOORS. It is getting warmer, well maybe not today, but soon. It’s time to get outside and soak up some sun. Did you know Pennsylvania has 121 s...

EMPORIUM — Before you order your seeds for spring, check out the Seed Library at the Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library in Emporium. Available now...

FULL MOON. Every month the nighttime sky is illuminated by a full moon — and each of these 12 full moons have their own designated names — May’s full ...

The human body is remarkable. Though it was pitch black and I was barely awake, with one eye stubbornly refusing to open, my body knew the smartest th...

The third-annual learning festival returns to Northwestern Pennsylvania, opening moments of curiosity, wonder, and discovery for children, parents, ca...

OSWAYO — The LEEK Veteran Hunting and Mountain Preserve in Oswayo sponsored a group of area veterans from the Cattaraugus/Allegany (N.Y.) County Dwyer...

TODAY: Happy Arbor Day! Did you know the world has a newspaper editor to thank for Arbor Day? From arborday.org , “As pioneers began moving into the N...

EARTH DAY: Today we celebrate our celestial home, Earth! It’s a day to remember how beautiful the place we live really is, and make an effort to keep ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission set aside millions of dollars to curb the spread of an invasive moth that’s plagued the state since the ...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service announced that the River Road Wildfire was 100 percent contained and approximately 447 acres in size as of 3:43 p.m. ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When I stopped doing manual labor and became a reporter, I started to pump iron. Even though I no longer hauled shingles up a ladde...

Sometimes, I’m even surprised how much I enjoy fishing. There’s just something about it that’s soul soothing. Several streams in our area have large s...

Allergies are the symptoms of our immune system’s defensive response to things we encounter that our body deems as “unsafe.” Most commonly, dust mites...

RECIPE: This is from Maine Farm Table Cookbook, courtesy of Farmers Almanac. We’ve heard a lot of people talk about the tasty treat that is a Fiddlehe...

FLOWERS: Easter is a time of year closely associated with flowers, because of spring and because of the symbolism. We turned to Farmers’ Almanac for d...

Decades ago, when the late Nevada Sen. Harry Reid was relatively new to the upper chamber, a book arrived at the offices of a Las Vegas newspaper cour...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District will be holding a Free No-Till Demo Day on May 2, from noon to 2 p.m. at the McKean County 911 Cen...

The dreaded spotted lanternfly will soon return to menace anyone outdoors across most of the state, but there is still time to prepare for the rapidly...

CRAFTERS, you have one week left to let your creativity show for National Craft Month in March. National Craft Month does not focus on any one artisti...

UNIVERSITY PARK — U.S. college students’ knowledge of bees focuses primarily on honey bees and pollination services, according to Penn State researche...