zoology

Three of my favorite things came together as I read Erin Zhurkin’s debut novel, “Plus-Size in Paris.” First, having lived in Pau, in the Pyrenees, and...

JOHNSONBURG — Scott McGary and Rich Frantz, flushing category, and Ron Guidas and Bethany Ford, pointing category, won the Second Annual Phil Fitch Me...

Isn’t fall magnificent? Once in a while, we like to drive around a bit and sightsee — usually on cloudy or rainy days, though, because I have problems...

FUZZY: What’s orange and black and, according to folklore, can tell us how bad winter will be? A wooly bear caterpillar of course! Farmers Almanac has...

In 1958, learning of the U.S. Army’s intent to sell surplus military equipment, my dad, Bill Ryan, and five of his brothers banded together, pooled th...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported that 30 to 40 deer found dead in the vicinity of State Game Lands 214 in North Shenango and Sad...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Over the past few weeks, if you have been walking under oaks or hickories, you may have been struck by discarded pieces of acorns or...

Surveying the flocks of migrating birds at Presque Isle, an Erie Bird Observatory hike leader snapped, “They should call the blackpoll warbler the “fa...

DUKE CENTER — Playing in front of their home fans in the Terror Dome, the Otto-Eldred volleyball team took down Smethport in three sets, earning their...

Every archery season, hard hit deer are lost because hunters fail to have a well thought out game plan. You can’t become impatient, must exercise self...

Thousands of mink are on the loose in Northumberland County after someone cut holes in a fur farm’s fence and opened their pens over the weekend, acco...

They prefer to keep you in the dark around here. Nobody tells you a thing, that’s it. Mom won’t say what’s going on, no matter how hard you beg. Dad’s...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s 2023 Great Insect Fair will highlight the theme, “Bugs in the System,” focusing on the technology used in entomology. A...

When was the last time you were with people who were genuinely happy? Last Thursday, I had the occasion to cover the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the B...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Olean Kennel Club will hold a Meet The Breeds/Responsible Dog Owners Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Olean Farmers Market...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Erika Ganda, assistant professor of food animal microbiomes and executive committee member of Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Cen...

Predators in the wild prowl around the edges of a herd of animals, waiting to pick the vulnerable. They may lie in wait, camouflaged until it is time ...

MARIENVILLE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is implementing the decision to remove a large culvert on Irwin Run associated with t...

MAGAZINE: We often share photo contests when we hear about them, and we know we shared one for Pennsylvania Magazine. We were happily surprised when o...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Many of them are pessimistic and grim and almost all of them are unblinkingly realistic. The ancient proverb doesn’t give anyone th...