zoology

SPECIAL GIFT: With everyone seeking to find a cute gift for their children this Christmas, a volunteer of the McKean County SPCA asked if we would run...

From her earliest years of childhood, Martha Rizzo has owned and loved cats. As a resident of Bradford Ecumenical Home, Rizzo had missed cats and the ...

This has certainly been an interesting year, especially if you’re an outdoors person and attuned to the peculiarities of this area’s weather. Unusual ...

MOUNT JEWETT — The Mount Jewett Community Christmas Party will be held from 1 until 6 p.m. Sunday at the Mount Jewett Veteran’s Memorial Club. The eve...

The opening of Pennsylvania’s rifle season had been filled with surprises. A rain filled opening day, then temperature swings that facilitated snow co...

EAGLE : Want an eagle-eye view of … well, an eagle? The Pennsylvania Game Commission said Friday that a livestream video from a bald-eagle nest near C...

When Vince Quillman retired he wanted out of the city, away from the noise and bustle of metropolitan areas. After discovering Smethport he fell in lo...

ANIMALS : Remember our recent column about the history of bison in this region? The reader who told us about the pamphlet we described wrote back to r...

Call it my Ralphie moment. You know the scene in “A Christmas Story” in which Ralphie and Randy are in Higbee’s department store to see Santa? The mot...

SMETHPORT — Dog licenses for 2019 will be available at the county treasurer’s office beginning Monday. McKean County residents can purchase dog licens...

The end of the first week of the rifle deer season brought with it mixed results. Weather conditions always play a hand in how we greet the day. And w...

BUFFALO: “The quiet of the late night was disturbed yesterday” — March 2, 1932, according to an old story in The Era — “as a hunting party stalked thr...

ELK : “Most are aware of the elk which roam neighboring Elk County, thus the following may be of interest,” wrote an Era reader. According to a 1998 b...

This is the season when deer make unexpected strolls onto Pennsylvania roadways, creating hazards for motorists; including the carcasses that end up o...

It’s a long drive to Osage Beach, Missouri, 16 to 17 hours in fact with good weather and minimum traffic problems. So it wasn’t surprising that Jim Zi...

Hunters have definite opinions about a lot of things, from the best rifle and caliber and everything else, right down to winter underwear. But come th...

This time of year those who harbor sporting dogs are in their glory. For months these canine companions have been, in many cases, looked upon as famil...

The McCleery Discovery Center will have a chance to share Kane’s rich history with a visitor this weekend. That’s because Diane Gallegos, executive di...

On Sunday evening, visitors to Benezette didn't have to go far to find the elk, as they could be seen grazing in the middle of town.

It was dark outside and those of us who hunted a short distance from camp had returned. Except for one. It wasn’t unexpected. After all, Joe always sq...