zoology

EAGLE CAM: On Wednesday afternoon, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania announced the 2017 launch of the Harmar and Hays Bald Eagle webcams. Bo...

After a wild ride in 2016, I’m glad to see 2017 finally arrive. The outlook in technology looks really good for any budding photographer. By this I me...

Mike Speaker was modest and low-key when acknowledging the national publicity recently bestowed on him for bagging the largest scored buck ever record...

SAVING BIRDS: “Birds hitting windows is one of the leading causes of bird deaths in the United States,” according to the American Bird Conservancy. “I...

AUSTIN — State employees were forced to organize a rescue just before Christmas to help a small elk stranded at the George B. Stevenson Dam. A small s...

SAND PUMPINGS: A reader recently suggested we look back at some of the old “Sand Pumpings” columns that ran in The Era before “Round the Square” was e...

ROULETTE –– A family was left homeless and three pets perished in a structure fire Monday afternoon in Roulette. Around 4:30 p.m., members of Roulette...

With over 95-percent of Willow Dale duck pond frozen over, and as temperatures continue to drop well below 10 degrees, time is quickly running out for...

The Willow Dale duck pond has been a local sanctuary for community members of all sorts for several years. Now, some of those members may be in danger...

Everyone wants to include their furry animal friends in the holiday celebrations. However, it is imperative to be mindful of the harms and hazards tha...

SPECIAL GIFT: A volunteer with the McKean County SPCA brought in this poem to remind residents of the “family members” they may be forgetting as the t...

After the first week of deer season, the number of hunters in the woods drops alarmingly. Tree stands can still be effective when the deer are moving ...

WINTER WONDERS: Starting this weekend, the Audubon Community Nature Center in Jamestown, N.Y., is inviting people to come enjoy winter-related happeni...

The average American added nearly an extra pound of seafood to their diet in 2015, according to the annual Fisheries of the United States report relea...

When it comes to mosquitoes, humans are actually lucky. Not all of the 3,500 mosquito species around the world have a taste for humans, or at least no...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat an...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) — In a Nordic-inspired building tucked in a corner of the Bayer CropScience North American headquarters, high school...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — American Indians across the Western U.S. are challenging moves by federal wildlife officials to lift protections for grizzly be...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An auction on eBay allows the public to make a different kind of purchase as they peruse the used clothing, electronics and war r...

HURLEY, N.Y. (AP) — Call them "The Buzzing Dead." Honeybees are being threatened by tiny flies that lead them to lurch and stagger around like zombies...