botany

MAY: The month of May is one often marked by singing birds, blooming flowers, rising temperatures and leaves returning to the abundance of trees in th...

This gobbler had been unpredictable for two weeks. He gobbled one morning and not the next. Sometimes he answered my calls, sometimes he remained sile...

The McKean County Conservation District (MCCD) spent the last two weeks celebrating Arbor Day by sponsoring the My Growing Tree program. With the assi...

It's Main Street's turn to bloom now. The trees' beautiful pink blossoms line the sidewalks and add just another splash of color on a sunny Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department propos...

MAY DAY: Today is May Day, not the emergency call for help, but the first day of May which ushers in the celebration of flowers. “May Day has been a t...

KANE — Want to help wildlife? Members of the Upland Bird Hunt and Allegheny chapters of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will plant shrub seedlings for...

UNIVERSITY PARK — With warmer weather, it’s not only humans becoming more active. There are many pests that could be affecting forests in the next few...

BIRDS: For the birders out there, or bird-brains as some laughingly call themselves, this is a great time of year for the return of migrating birds. T...

I’m an 81-year-old, seventh-generation farmer working with my son T. Richard on a multigenerational grain and hay farm in Somerset County, Pennsylvani...

MOUNT JEWETT TO KINZUA BRIDGE (MJ2KB) TRAIL CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Jackson Building, 48 W. Main St. There is parking along Main Street....

EARTH DAY: Today is the 54th Earth Day — but shouldn’t every day be one where we’re mindful of the planet where we live? We checked https://www.almana...

Spotted lanternfly killing season is about to begin. The invasive species is set to return to Western Pennsylvania later this summer, but as eggs begi...

It was Saturday, the first day of Pennsylvania trout season. It was finally here at last. I was up at 5 a.m. and met Scott Neely before 6. When we pul...

The ornamental flowering pear trees on Boylston Street are blooming under sunny blue skies this week. Their blossoms are a local favorite sign of spri...

A strong storm passed through Sunday morning, hitting the area with strong winds, heavy rain and hail. A tree crashed through the roof of a house in t...

Forsythia provides the first pop of spring color along the Richard E. McDowell Trail on the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford campus.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The third iteration of Bryson DeChambeau might be the most daunting at the Masters. Once the mad scientist, then the incredible bu...

Thine eyes do not deceive you. If, in Bradford and Lewis Run next week, you swear you’re seeing a giant chainsaw suspended from a helicopter in the sk...

HARRISBURG — A push continues to end Pennsylvania’s restriction on Sunday hunting but as sportsmen find conditional support among farmers, there remai...