botany

UNIVERSITY PARK — A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in ...

(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles on Oak Hill Cemetery, as we explore the history of one of Bradford’s oldest “city of the dea...

Bradford’s Main Street pear trees are beautiful. They are delicate, with slim trunks and plentiful branches. Their flowers are a blizzard of snowflake...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hold on to those Christmas trees! A farm in Pennsylvania is willing to take them off your hands in order to feed their goats. UPI r...

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...

The beautiful but odoriferous Bradford pear trees along Boylston Street in the City of Bradford are an invasive species, and Pennsylvania is in the pr...

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

Big bucks are exceedingly skilled at evading hunters. When they’re three and half years of age, they become almost totally nocturnal and expert at sta...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The first two weekends of December are typically the busiest of the year for purchases of live Christmas trees. This year may be bu...

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

Supply chain issues, shortage of truck drivers and increased wait times for shipped items are not only threatening gift giving this holiday season, bu...

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....

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...

WARREN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announced that District Ranger Rich Hatfield signed the decision notice and finding of no ...

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...

Ducks are fast. I have on several occasions had the opportunity to drive alongside ducks flying along a river or stream parallel to the highway and ma...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A new study has pinpointed when Vikings first traveled across the Atlantic to North America: 1021, or almost 500 years ahead of Chris...

Last hunting season found me pursuing my favorite game bird, the wild turkey. I’d seen a flock hunting squirrels and knew where they should be. Well, ...

The Women’s Literary Club met Friday. President Gae Colligan gave a warm welcome to all. She expressed her appreciation for our new meeting place, the...

GROWING GINGER: As with almost any herb or spice, store-bought ginger cannot compare to homegrown ginger’s superior flavor and aroma. With planning an...