zoology

The fall foliage was bursting forth in all its glory. The various species of maples were quickly turning red, yellow and orange, while the formerly gr...

The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) announced that John Dzemyan, local deer hunter, naturalist and historian, will be a second speaker at the D...

You’ve had an exciting morning and hit a nice buck with your bow. You’re shaking like a leaf, and your first natural reaction is to immediately follow...

My tree stand was an old, gnarly beech I’d been barely able to climb by using another tree leaning against it. The beech’s huge and twisted limbs allo...

Biologist Gary Alt will be the featured speaker at the annual KQDC (Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative) Season Kickoff program on Oct. 30. The KQDC Deer ...

Each year the Audubon Community Nature Center of Jamestown, N.Y., hosts its popular nature photography contest, inviting individuals from throughout t...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Spaces are filling up for Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Enchanted Forest, which will be held October 7 and 8. This magica...

Sean Holjencin of Kersey and Nick Keller from Emporium successfully harvested the first two coyotes at Rolfe Beagle Club’s Statewide Coyote and Crow H...

Personally, I’ve no use for what I call “greeting card holidays.” Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day? Forget it. Actually, I’m lee...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The SPCA in Cattaraugus County is asking for help in identifying the perpetrator in a severe case of animal abuse that led to a puppy be...

JOHNSONBURG — Phil Fitch was a special member of the Rolfe Beagle Club and in the Elk County community. Fitch enjoyed raising, training and hunting hi...

The sun was high in the cloudless sky, beating down upon me without pity. It was so bright, I wondered briefly if my sunglasses were on; the bright, s...

As public health agencies scramble to contain the monkeypox outbreak that has infected about 10,000 Americans, the federal government has done nothing...

The alarm blared, and I rolled over and stretched out my hand to silence the din. Groggily, my bleary eyes focused on the red numbers — 4 a.m. My bedr...

SMETHPORT — Monday the McKean County Fair started off hopping and the rest of the week shows no signs of stopping. From the judging of the rabbits to ...

There’s a commonly held belief there are no bad dogs, only bad dog owners. Dog lovers adhere to this motto, and routinely rescue pets from abuse and a...

When you spend hours, days, weeks fishing and making thousands of casts over many years, some strange things happen. Some seem unbelievable, but that ...

The new policeman in town is a bit slobbery and likes his chew toy, but with one spoken command from Sgt. Seth Shephard, the playful puppy behavior of...

ANIMAL LORE. Everyone, at least in Pennsylvania, has heard at least one lore or legend about animals predicting the weather — cough — Punxsutawney Phi...