botany

The harmful algae bloom on the Allegheny Reservoir is still ongoing, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Samples were collected on Aug. 29 ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Selective browsing by white-tailed deer has been blamed by many for changing the character and composition of forest understories in...

UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s easy to interpret green in forests as good, though that isn’t always the case. You might identify a mantle of green forests cov...

COUDERSPORT — The recently completed renovations at Sweden Valley Manor have been designed to provide the residents of the skilled nursing home with a...

BEES : Today is National Honey Bee Day. In the world today, there are 19,000 different species of bees, and they are responsible for pollinating 30% o...

In a few moments Thursday night, a severe thunderstorm wreaked havoc through parts of McKean County, possibly collapsing a structure in Port Allegany ...

Why did it have to be snakes? Chief Bryan Phelps of the Sweden Township Police Department in Potter County isn’t Indiana Jones, but found himself wran...

Beginning in April, Tony Frontino starts growing flower seeds at her home in Bradford with intentions of giving the young plants to residents at Bradf...

Wildlife and nature can be found in every corner of Pennsylvania, sometimes in the most unlikely places. That point was made evident when visiting Wes...

The Bradford City Water Authority will be closing the White Pine and Marilla Loop trails between Horn’s Passage and Shields Crossing on Thursday for t...

Learning how to forge iron marshmallow sticks, or mastering the art of growing mushrooms on a log might not be deemed necessary skills, but they sure ...

The lake stretched before us, long and narrow. A light breeze ruffled its surface and as I watched an eagle soared out from behind a pine covered isla...

Last week, more than a dozen college students, walked slowly back and forth in huge sunken sand pits at the Bradford Sanitary Authority planting reeds...

There is still time to register for the two remaining Backyard Conservation workshops: Native & Invasive Plants plus Pollinators and Soil Health & Ver...

As Brian Pfister picked up a branch of lush, big blueberries, he boasted that his eight major varieties of blueberries on Harrisburg Run have been rea...

FLOWER : While the local Mountain Laurels in the Allegheny National Forest and other forested areas put on a beautiful show earlier this summer, the l...

Following last year’s Bradford Garden Tour, Dan and Sandy O’Brien thought they would likely downsize the elaborate garden at their Forman Street home ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Genes in green ash trees that may confer some resistance to attacks by the emerald ash borer express themselves only once the tree d...

CENTER TOWNSHIP — Penn State Beaver biology professor Sarah Nilson is spending the summer trekking through the woods of Pennsylvania to study a plant ...

SMETHPORT (EC) — Six hallways at Sena Kean Manor in Smethport have been renamed. The hallways are now identified by paintings reflecting the respectiv...