zoology

Some memories never fade but remain clear and vibrant over the years. Many of these involve rites of passage. For girls this is first physical, then s...

It’s time to welcome 2023. In with the new, out with the old — as the saying goes. The Bradford Area Public Library has many events and programs in th...

The year is winding down. But Pennsylvania’s hunting license year isn’t yet halfway through, and there’s plenty of action to be experienced afield in ...

SANTA : We have it on pretty good authority that Santa’s reindeer all have clean bills of health and ready for their magical flight. Agriculture Secre...

Shopping for the perfect holiday gift for an outdoors enthusiast can often be an adventure, since most hunters, anglers, hikers and bikers have certai...

A volunteer of the McKean County SPCA asked us to run “Special Gift” again as a reminder of the downside to giving a pet as a gift to somebody not rea...

ERIE (TNS) — The Erie Zoo closed for the season on Dec. 1 and will remain closed to visitors until March 1. The absence of human visitors will create ...

A Massachusetts town has decided to become the first in the state to contract with the federal government to kill coyotes locals say have killed pets ...

MOUNT JEWETT — On Sunday the Mt. Jewett Veteran’s Memorial Club will host the Mount (Mt.) Jewett Community Christmas Party from 1 to 4 p.m. for ages 1...

I circled the low point in the brush, keeping the open swales to my right and turning, working my way onto the point and the open timber. Almost immed...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Fewer snowy owls might move south from their homes on the tundra of the Arctic into Pennsylvania and other northern states this win...

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 ...

Back when my wife and I moved to the country, many of our citified friends were alarmed. One well-meaning fellow even questioned if I’d be safe out in...

WILKES-BARRE — It's one thing to dream of winning the lottery — it's another to base your entire financial future on the long odds of it actually happ...

When Doug Peffer opened his big-game butcher shop, deer hunters around the intersection of Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties could pick from perhap...

His name is Drifter, he is a certified Siberian husky, but also a direct bloodline descendant from the famous Leonard Seppala’s breeding line of huski...

HARRISBURG — During the firearms hunting season for bear Nov. 19-22 hunters killed a reported 1,018 bruins, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commiss...

GIVING: All the shopping is nearing completion today, cyber Monday. And, of course, many of you are exhausted from the holiday and hunting. So now wha...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State entomologist is asking Pennsylvania deer hunters for help with research on biting flies that are active in the fall, wh...

This just in: Regardless of what your ex-wife’s hairdresser’s brother-in-law says, there’s not a single documented instance of a school district anywh...