botany

UNIVERSITY PARK — Keeping dogs and other animals safe from toxic algae blooms in water is the focus of a free Penn State Extension webinar slated for ...

Last week, Matt Wilson, Terra Haines and I were in Cameron County on our quest for rattlesnakes. None of us intended to harm the snakes in any way, th...

MARIENVILLE — The Allegheny National Forest is accepting public review and comment on the East Branch of Tionesta Creek Vegetation Management Project ...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has purchased 145 acres of forested mountaintop along Quintuple Ridge above South Avenue, which will be used ...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District is beginning a new treatment program for landowners with specific invasive plant populations. Citi...

Rhode Island’s topography leaves little doubt it’s one of the New England states. Largely flat and very rocky with low, heavily forested, rolling hill...

READING — Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is continuing to conduct tree trimming work in communities acros...

Late spring and early summer provides the backdrop for food plot and tree maintenance. In many cases, annual wildlife food plots become the center of ...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — A new self-led activity titled “Invasive Species Awareness Week” is available this week to participants at the Lillibridge Road prop...

MARIENVILLE — The Allegheny National Forest will be treating glossy and common buckthorn in the Laurel Mill Trail Area to improve forest health. The t...

Sugar, water, and possibly some food coloring may not sound like a magic potion, but when it comes to hummingbirds, it sure is. Generally, hummingbird...

UNIVERSITY PARK — By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of “stress memory” in plants that is inherited by some pro...

BUFFERS: The Penn State Extension has written a reminder to take care of riparian buffers. As spring starts to warm the air, it also warms the water a...

Early spring marks the beginning of the growing season for a number of interesting plants found primarily in the wild. As spring progresses, wildflowe...

The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Potter County will sponsor a 40+ hour Master Gardener Basic class beginning on June 2 at 6 p.m. at the Os...

Katelyn Elise Himes, daughter of Aimie Granger of Allegany, N.Y. and Daniel Himes of Bradford, and Nicholas Walter Drum, son of Carolynne leFeber of O...

UNIVERSITY PARK — An early spring brings warmth, daffodils and outside play. It also signals — to the chagrin of many property owners across Pennsylva...

Historical data dating back to the 1400s indicates bobwhite quail were found in every area within Pennsylvania. Native Americans, along with early set...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service is planning prescribed burns during the middle to end of March, all of April and being to the end of May, weather dep...

WARREN — With Spring comes the ideal weather conditions for conducting prescribed burning. Residents in and around the Allegheny National Forest may s...