zoology

PUNXSUTAWNEY (AP) — There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow Wednesday to perform his Groundh...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hunters took 3,659 Pennsylvania black bears in 2021, the fifth-best bear harvest ever and the second largest since 2011. That total...

Monkeys on the loose during a pandemic? It was a little too perfect — too deliciously ironic. When the news broke about the Friday crash near Danville...

SHEEP: Lisa and Robert Zumstein of Bolivar Drive wrote in to tell us a little about their sheep, captured by photographer Daniella Griesbaum and print...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Crossbreeding between two invasive crayfish species has been found in theJuniata Riverbasin of centralPennsylvania, raising concern...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Human foods, including junk foods, are not as beneficial to bears as some who provide those foods to the bruins might believe. Acco...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — To fuel “the largest turkey project” ever conducted by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the agency is asking the public to report ...

It is a well-established fact that sex sells. Have your attention? Sorry, but what’s a writer to do in January to attract attention on the sports page...

DONATE FOR BETTY: Betty White was a well-known animal lover. She would have turned 100 on Jan. 17, but sadly she passed away Dec. 31, 2021. Betty attr...

WHOOPS!: Good thing our readers are on their toes — one attentive gentleman alerted The Era that the rodent identified as a chipmunk in Tuesday’s edit...

JOHNSONBURG — The Rolfe Beagle Club will once again offer its popular Coyote and Fox Hunt or Trap over two weekends in February. The 6th-annual event,...

It’s amazing the skills hunters acquire and take for granted. It’s challenging for non-hunters to even remotely recognize the difficulties involved in...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hold on to those Christmas trees! A farm in Pennsylvania is willing to take them off your hands in order to feed their goats. UPI r...

Every December, I post the immortal Beverly and Fred Christmas photo for my Facebook friends. It’s a perfect snapshot taken almost 20 years ago, featu...

SANTA: Santa and the reindeer have been cleared for take-off. Gov. Tom Wolf, joined by Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and Pennsylvania State...

THINK BEFORE YOU GIFT: The Humane Society of Greater Savannah is one rescue that has shared “A Christmas Poem.” We have run it at length in the past b...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania bear hunters harvested at least 3,619 black bears this year, which would rank 2021 as the 7th top bruin harvest of all...

Big bucks are exceedingly skilled at evading hunters. When they’re three and half years of age, they become almost totally nocturnal and expert at sta...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A traditional holiday song poses a question that a hunter might want to ask a white-tailed deer: “Do you see what I see?” If the de...

Enjoy a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, indoors, as we learn about the birds visiting the feeders just outside the classroom window and participate in a...