botany

BEES: The decline of bees and other pollinator populations threatens our global food security. Pollinators contribute to ecosystem health and a sustai...

THINKING OF SPRING: Bradford resident Donald Neal shared a poem about a spring day with us. Readers can enjoy the work below. A Spring Day in America ...

UNIQUE FLOWER: Laurie Kephart of Turtlepoint shared a unique discovery with The Era newsroom this week. Kephart enjoys picking wildflowers to bring ho...

I’m often asked why I love to hunt and fish by those who don’t. They feel my passion, sense a deeper meaning, but can’t quite put their finger on the ...

Driving out West Washington Street means passing a piece of Bradford’s history, but if you aren’t looking, you might miss it. A small wooden sign decl...

SMETHPORT — Following a year of uncertainties with food supplies due to the pandemic, more people have turned to growing their own vegetables and frui...

The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), an invasive species native to Europe, has been making a significant appearance this year, as recreational users on ...

EMPORIUM — The Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library is presenting “The Art and Practice of Seed Saving” in partnership with Penn State Extension. El...

HARRISBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced $460,000 in funds for eight projects that will increase market opportunities and competit...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — The second Margaret A. Kenney Memorial Euchre Tournament to Fight Diabetes will be hosted Sept. 25 by the Olean Lions Club and Hamilt...

(Editor’s note: This is the last outdoor column written by Roger Sager beforehis death on June 14. His children, Eric Sager and Suzi Marasco, transcri...

WARREN —Recreational users on the Allegheny National Forest report seeing abundant populations of gypsy moth caterpillars — particularly across the no...

The USDA Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest, has decided to improve the sustainability of oak ecosystems on Tracy Ridge through the use of pres...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have developed a robotic mushroom picking and trimming mechanism and de...

Emotions and memory are a complicated pair. I’m sure we all have cringe-worthy memories that make us feel a bit anxious, or forlorn. Or happy memories...

The weather was perfect Saturday when Penn State Extension master gardeners Linda Rankin, Bob Harris and Raj Nadella got their hands in the dirt and b...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto Township Cemetery Association may soon have a third property to curate and care for, thanks to some inquisitive residents and t...

DUKE CENTER — Students at Otto-Eldred Junior/Senior High School had a day of hands-on learning during a natural resource management program Monday tha...

WARREN — During the week of May 10, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service plans to conduct prescribed fires (also called prescribed burns...

After having spent a week hunting spring gobblers in Ohio with my buddy Jim Acker, I was apprehensive about our Pennsylvania season. When you never he...