zoology

After having spent a week hunting spring gobblers in Ohio with my buddy Jim Acker, I was apprehensive about our Pennsylvania season. When you never he...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Audubon Community Nature Center in Jamestown is now accepting submissions for its 2021 Nature Photography Contest. Categories are: •...

WARREN — This week the U.S. Forest Service plans to conduct multiple prescribed fires (also called prescribed burns) on Allegheny National Forest. The...

As Lyndsey Niegowski gathered up a couple of kittens to take out to the main foyer of the McKean County SPCA, she spoke of how the little felines had ...

Beautiful bands of pink and gold streaked the eastern sky — the hills still black bulwarks against the coming dawn. As I waited a few minutes, several...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Bird banding is an age-old technique used to discover details about the behaviors of birds. On Saturday mornings from April 24 throu...

LEWIS RUN — A cruelty to animals complaint at a residence on U.S. Route 219 in Hamlin Township last month resulted in the removal of 42 dogs and one c...

WASHINGTON — Populations of the American bald eagle — the bold national symbol of the United States — have quadrupled since 2009, according to a new r...

The Bradford Ecumenical Home will host an “Easter Eggstravaganza” for the families of residents and employees outside on the facility’s community grou...

WARREN — This spring, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service plans to conduct seven prescribed fires (also called prescribed burns) totali...

Cameron County has been added to Pennsylvania’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone. The county was one of eight added to the list this year, Agricultu...

I am writing in response to Wade Robertson’s Feb. 27th column on “Tough Winter for Wildlife”. Wade is correct in that our current winter has been hars...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Juvenile white-tailed deer that strike out to find new home ranges — despite facing more risks — survive at about the same rate as t...

DCNR NEWS: Governor Tom Wolf has lifted requirements for proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to visit Pennsylvania state parks. All state park ...

J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye,” banned by schools and libraries across the country, primarily for being “anti-white.” Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New...

A popular living aquarium plant may be infested with zebra mussels, one of the most destructive invasive species, according to the Pennsylvania Fish a...

With St. Patrick’s Day soon approaching, the McKean County SPCA is inviting people to test their luck with the “Luck of the Paw” March adoption specia...

Steve Colley and I were going ice fishing. We parked and as I walked around the back of the truck and stepped off the road immediately went over my kn...

I awoke from a deep sleep and was immediately angry. Though my thoughts were still cloudy, I was most upset that something had woken me from a satisfy...

Dogs have long been known as man’s best friend; a furry pal that’s always there to provide love and companionship. Research has found that dogs can al...