zoology

The wood stove was hot, a bright bed of coals glowing yellow, orange and red while lazy flames flickered upward. The heat was so welcome; now the summ...

DEER & FROST: Ormsby resident Andy Heffner saw a McKean County resident featured recently in Pennsylvania Outdoors News. According to Andy, Heather Gr...

When old man winter finally settles comfortably in, dropping the temperatures to disturbing levels, piling up the snow and generally making you wish y...

To visitors hoping to adopt a dog, she may seem too wild and mean to even take out of the kennel, but to the workers at the McKean County SPCA, "Elena...

For some, hunting for whitetails began in archery season in September, and for others the season will close out in mid-January at the end of the speci...

I’m just like anybody else — a break from frigid arctic air like we’re getting for a couple days here, is welcome. But a high around 50 and rain in mi...

With the temperature dropping into the negative digits lately, it’s a good time to remind everyone of how dangerous these conditions can be for stray ...

Winter, the season some of us hate, while others seem to love. Just think about it. You can’t ski, sled ride, ice skate, snowmobile, ice fish, or any ...

Dr. Edward H. McCleery’s greatest legacy is his efforts to preserve the buffalo, or “lobo,” wolf population. Now, the Kane Historic Preservation Socie...

My brother, Gary Robertson, and I were excited. Uncle Chuck was in from New York City and since he’d grown up in Bradford, living in the Big Apple wit...

ROBIN: Jake Fedus and Corey McCabe called Wednesday to report they saw a robin in Elk County. They had just spotted it when they called. Has anyone el...

At times it was hard to tell who was more excited, the children or shelter dog, “Deacon,” during School Street Elementary School’s donation of supplie...

There were times the dogs were not seen, but they sure could be heard. The sound of beagles hot on the trail of a rabbit or hare is the sweet sound ev...

A home for the holidays — it’s a Christmas wish of so many, and on Thursday, it was granted for the five ducks at Willow Dale Cemetery duck pond. Bev ...

For most people the hunting season is about over. I have noticed over the years very few hunters still roam the woods after the rifle deer season. Thi...

We can’t all shoot bucks the first day or the first week. That’s just the way things are. But rest assured, there are lots of bucks out there and many...

Think about it. At a time when we want to spend as much time afield hunting as possible, the hours of daylight become shorter with each passing day. R...

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...

For the most part it begins a day or two prior to buck season. Hunters are making their way to areas they intend to hunt over the course of the first ...

Starting Monday, Pennsylvania hunters will take to the woods in the hopes of bagging a deer. Rifle deer season will last through Dec. 9 in Pennsylvani...