zoology

HARRISBURG (TNS) — One borough in Pennsylvania is mulling over the idea of limiting the number of pets each household may have. And it’s safe to say t...

Nearly two months ago, the Oregon Ridge Nature Center lost Stella, their resident partially blind red-tailed hawk, when a falling tree crashed through...

CAMERA: Peregrine falcons have made their home year after year on the 15th floor of the Rachel Carson State office building in downtown Harrisburg. Ca...

PITTSBURGH — My conservation roots run deep. In my world, fishing isn’t about catching, stocking up on food or achieving some mastery over the environ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 migratory game bird seasons have been set. Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from framewor...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has joined a program to help reintroduce new members of a threatened native species to the wild an...

CLEARFIELD — The Bradford softball team’s comeback came up just shy of complete, as clutch hits from Clearfield narrowly pushed them to victory. Throu...

Bob Burns photographed this indigo bunting early Monday near Marilla Reservoir. According to Cornell’s allaboutbirds.org , indigo buntings migrate at ...

A wood duck guides her young through the water at Sinnemahoning State Park on Mothers Day. They’re called wood ducks because they are one of the few w...

Throughout the country, the majority of hunters are private land hunters. In many states, there’s minimal public land to hunt, so hunters must either ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Not to beat a dead, ah, horse, but how can we ignore the spectacle that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has made of herself during h...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The bird flu outbreak among dairy cows continues to generate alarm, despite reassuring news that pasteurized milk is unlikely to infe...

Kids are born with certain skill sets. These loves, passions and talents I believe are genetic and cannot be taught. I’ve taken youngsters fishing on ...

Port Allegany Town Wide Yard Sales kick off at 8 a.m. May 18. Langston Reed takes a break from clearing out the garage to pose with a few of the bikes...

SMETHPORT — In a captivating display of wildlife education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission delivered a special visitor to Crissy Lightner’s wildlife...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania officials are stepping up their efforts to control the spongy moth to prevent its spread. The invasive insect, formerly call...

To cap off Conservation District Week, the McKean County Conservation District directors and staff conducted a legislative tour to promote dedicated f...

Lola Stoughton has observed a few tender moments between a couple of bird species at her feeder in Eldred. A male cardinal would go to the feeder and ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension has launched a program that offers participants a fast track to a potential career in animal agriculture. Desig...

It didn’t take long for me to realize that having success in spring turkey season was much more than learning locating and calling. Pennsylvania gobbl...