zoology

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun its 2024 black fly suppression program, monitoring and treating 4...

PORT ALLEGANY — High school students from McKean and Cameron counties competed in the WILD Envirothon at Veterans Memorial Inc. on Wednesday. The Envi...

Susie Coffman had fun watching some red fox kits play this week. “I call this one, 'Time For Pouncing Practice.' I watched as the first fox kit snuck ...

This gobbler had been unpredictable for two weeks. He gobbled one morning and not the next. Sometimes he answered my calls, sometimes he remained sile...

Zach Muzzey has seen the decline in wild turkey numbers firsthand. In areas where there used to be solid numbers of the birds, there now appear to be ...

HELLBENDER: The original “Hellbender Defenders,” a group of high school student leaders, celebrated recently the 5 year anniversary of the hellbender’...

MOUNT JEWETT — Kinzua Bridge State Park Complex will offer a variety of programs in May at Kinzua Bridge State Park, Bendigo State Park and Elk State ...

EMPORIUM — A program on Dutch oven cooking will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday in pavilion five at Sizerville State Park. State park volunteers Jo...

PORT ALLEGANY — The Port Allegany boys and girls track and field team defended their home turf with big wins over the Terrors and Panthers. The boys t...

The big blue ribbon is almost the size of your head. It took serious yardage to make it, and the fancy circle in the middle couldn’t have been cheap, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — With warmer weather, it’s not only humans becoming more active. There are many pests that could be affecting forests in the next few...

Being born in February, once I turned 12, the first game animal I could hunt was spring turkey. Although most hunters begin their hunting career somet...

Quarterback discussions always dominate spring football, never more than this year in the Big Ten with transfers coming and going and only a handful o...

Half of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s six regions have new leadership, including the Northcentral Region that incudes McKean, Potter, Elk and Cam...

My grandson Nate’s school break took place the third week of April this year. Nate loves to fish and what kind of grandparent would I be to deprive hi...

STATE COLLEGE — On Saturday, the Ruffed Grouse Society saw 45 members of the community attend their Future Hunters and Handlers (FHH) Clinic at Lion C...

BIRDS: For the birders out there, or bird-brains as some laughingly call themselves, this is a great time of year for the return of migrating birds. T...

MOUNT JEWETT — Kinzua Bridge State Park will host its Woodcock Walk at 7 p.m. Saturday. Drive and walk to various areas to learn about what the woodco...

DuBOIS — According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, nearly 60,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that caus...

ST. MARYS — The Upland Bird Hunt Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) recently announced upcoming bird dog events that are scheduled throughout ...