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If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware professor whose groundbreaki...

MOSQUITOES: Those darn blood-suckers can make time outdoors be a lot less enjoyable. Farmers’ Almanac has some advice on some plants that will help yo...

UNIVERSITY PARK — While a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about ...

DID YOU KNOW that in 1943, the Steelers and Eagles, the two professional football teams of Pennsylvania, formed a combined team because neither could ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While more of us seem to be more accepting of insects — even the stingers and biters if they don’t enter our personal space — summe...

MONONGAHELA — State officials on Wednesday discussed the threat that the spotted lanternfly poses and shared information and resources to help Pennsyl...

Visitors to Riverfest along and on the Susquehanna River at Columbia over the weekend strolled along paths littered with the bodies of thousands of ma...

Scattered reports of the first fireflies flashing in a few backyards in Pennsylvania began to surface last weekend. That was ahead of schedule for mos...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — “Murder hornets” — also known as Asian giant hornets — are back in the news. The oversized insects are making headlines not because...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While the name of the target insect has been changed to spongy moth, from the familiar gypsy moth, the attack remains much the same...

Although many homeowners have reported a greatly diminished population of the spotted lanternfly around their properties, the invaders from Asia known...

HARRISBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding on Wednesday encouraged business travelers to join more than 1.2 million people at 26,000-plus comp...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A grant of more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation will support a researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultur...

More than ever, taking a walk, especially hiking, has become an attractive form of exercise. Hiking trails remain open to the public within the Allegh...

Like ghosts skimming the night sky, the bats were a welcome sight. While most shun their night flight, their very presence means there will be less bu...

As you drive or walk by local forests, you may look at the greenery and tall trees and think all is well, and that the forest is healthy. What you may...

(Editor’s note: This is the third in a week-long series of stories marking National Invasive Species Awareness week in conjunction with the McKean Cou...

NATURE: Dragonflies have some fascinating behavior, agrees Joyce Stoltz of Battle Creek, Mich. We shared a story from a Wilcox reader earlier this mon...

An unfriendly, generally feared insect brought a very large crowd to the Kinzua Country Tick Fest Saturday to hear experts speak and perform presentat...

DEER & FROST: Ormsby resident Andy Heffner saw a McKean County resident featured recently in Pennsylvania Outdoors News. According to Andy, Heather Gr...