zoology

When it comes to hunting spring turkeys, birds will be taken every day of the season. However it’s hard to agree with that statement if you’ve been hu...

What do you do when you run into trouble? In today's society many feel that a call to 911 will save the day. But that's not always the case. This is e...

Two local residents captured photos of black bears near their homes over the weekend in the Bradford area. For Amber Burr, a Jackson Avenue resident, ...

COLD CASE : It was May 8, 1938, the day Marjory West went missing in Marshburg. On May 9, 1938, The Era headline read, “Bradford child lost in woods.”...

PNC will host its second annual Community Mutt Strut on Aug. 10 at UPMC Park in Erie. On Tuesday, PNC kicked off the registration and fundraising peri...

UNIVERSITY PARK — The prevalence of the most abundant species of ticks found in Pennsylvania has shifted over the last century, according to Penn Stat...

For more than five decades, people have been celebrating the local production of maple syrup with a gala in Coudersport. In fact, the Potter-Tioga Map...

The McKean County SPCA is asking the community to help welcome the new generation of cats when it hosts its sixth annual Kitten Shower this Saturday. ...

AUSTIN — With warmer weather finally pushing the cold out, it will soon be time to get outdoors, smell the flowers and watch the birds at Sinnemahonin...

TODAY: On this day in 1789, George Washington took office as the first elected U.S. president. What a remarkable day in history April 30 has been. In ...

SINNEMAHONING — Scaling mountains, slithering through meadows and swimming in wetlands, reptiles and amphibians, also known as “herps”, can be found t...

MORE: When we left off in Friday’s column, the huge bull bison was standing in front of the door of Martin Bergstrasser’s homestead. Here, the story t...

Anyone who has read my columns on turkey hunting knows my feelings on the subject; spring gobbler hunting can be a long, drawn out torture! Many suffe...

ST. MARYS — The Elk County Community Foundation recently met with volunteers from the Ridgway Animal Haven to present them two grants awards totaling ...

BISON : “Bison at Port Allegany” read the headline on the article sent in to us by Clyde Johnson, Port Allegany historian. “We read a great deal about...

The Pennsylvania Wilds extends across 12 ½ counties in North-central Pennsylvania. There you’ll find over 2 million acres of publicly-owned land. This...

Sixth grade students Joyce Loncki, Tekla Loncki and Chloe Lewis completed a 50 states project at the Bradford Area Christian Academy researching each ...

On Tuesday, Bradford City officials heard about the local cat population problem — and the possible solution. City council held a work session No Feli...

MOON: Tonight is April’s Full Pink Moon. But it isn’t pink. It is named after a flower, the pink phlox.Today’s full moon is what’s known as the Pascha...

Trout season began last Saturday. Where do you plan to begin the season? For many the answer is simple. Like those who have a favorite stand for the o...