zoology

The McKean County Historical Society will host its annual fall dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Crosby American Legion. This year’s speaker will be Lisa...

SAN FRANCISCO - Maddy Frey set out before sunrise to catch the low tide, scanning the darkened shoreline of Horseshoe Cove in Bodega Bay with a trowel...

NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s routine practice for government officials to kill animals deemed invasive or destructive. For the most part, Americans accept th...

FOXES: Pat Frantz Cercone of Bradford wrote to share with us her article published in the September/October edition of Pennsylvania Magazine, about tw...

By the end of summer, there are more changes happening in the whitetail world than any other time of year. The first thing I always enjoy paying atten...

EMPORIUM — Bird Basics will kick off this weekend’s programming at Sizerville State Park. Go over all things birds, followed by a short bird walk and ...

A species is facing hard times when an upgrade in status brings it only up to the “endangered” level. But that’s been the fate of the common tern in P...

ROUGH: There are weather forecasts, caterpillars with forecasting colors and lots of other ways folks predict what kind of weather the coming winter w...

EMPORIUM — More educational programs are on tap this weekend at Sizerville State Park. Monarch Mania is set for 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, starting at t...

Let’s see those pearly whites. C’mon, smile big for everybody. Show those straight dazzling teeth, You know you’re not completely dressed without it, ...

If you spend time in the forests and have a discerning eye you come to recognize certain animals and birds, due to their size, shape and individual ch...

JOHNSONBURG — Phil Fitch was a special member of the Rolfe Beagle Club and in the bird dog community of Elk County and northcentral Pennsylvania. Phil...

EMPORIUM — Sizerville State Park will hold environmental education programs this weekend. From 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday will be a program on awesome am...

I’ve hunted a lot of different animals in my day, but one species I would probably shy away from would be rattlesnakes. I don’t hate snakes, but I def...

Scientists who study new species sometimes refer to their field, taxonomy, as the world’s oldest profession. That moniker — which usually refers to pr...

EMPORIUM — Sizerville State Park will offer several environmental education programs for upcoming weekend. Reptile Rally, set 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday ...

ODD: Pennsylvania has a reputation for being a bit … interesting. The Pennsylvania tourism site VisitPa.com has a list of “16 top weird and wacky PA d...

A common blue damselfly alights on some greenery. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but have smaller, more slender bodies and fly weakly in comp...

EMPORIUM — Sizerville State Park is hosting an environmental education program for the Fourth of July weekend. From 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, the progra...

EMPORIUM — A program on skull and fur identification will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the campground amphitheater at Sizerville State Park. At t...