biology

Nothing declares the true arrival of what we might call warm, “almost-summer” spring in the Twin Tiers than the bloom of our lilacs. Lilacs supposedly...

Bats have had a PR problem for millennia. They have been maligned as omens of evil, carriers of disease and many people just simply fear or hate them....

OLEAN — One of the unsung heroes at the SPCA in Cattaraugus County is Joe Reese. Board chair Joan Carl, a keen observer, says, “Joe has been at the SP...

GENEVA — As the hemp industry grows, producers face the challenge of cultivating a crop that has received comparatively little scientific study, and t...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (TNS) — While the Pennsylvania Game Commission has been studying and monitoring the Pennsylvania elk seriously for nearly a half-centu...

GENEVA — Many New York tomato growers are familiar with the scourge of bacterial canker — the wilted leaves and blistered fruit that can spoil an enti...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Dr. Margaret C. Brittingham, professor of wildlife resources at Penn State University, will speak Monday at the University of Pittsbur...

It is healthy for the bodies to take probiotics. They cleanse the body and the gut system. The “good bacteria” helps keep the gut healthy. Instead of ...

New York’s regular big game season for deer and bear in the Southern Zone starts Saturday and runs through Dec. 8. The season for early bowhunters, wh...

Olean-area native Jonathan Townsend, a conservation biologist with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, has received the 2019 Nature Sanctu...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — Beekeeping expert and author Michael Bush will offer a program Oct. 26 at Gunzburger Auditorium, 1 North Main St. Recent data from ...

BELMONT — The plant disease responsible for the Irish Potato Famine has been found on Allegany County produce. The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Al...

In Saturday’s edition, we related how at least a couple of timber rattlesnakes had somewhat unsettled a Potter County community this past week. Forty ...

OLEAN — Are there too many deer in Olean? Rising populations — and rising complaints — have led to city officials considering how to handle deer in a ...

LITTLE VALLEY — The awe-inspiring act of Brunon Blaszak’s Royal Tiger Show will be at this year’s Cattaraugus County Fair through Aug. 4. Among this y...

The sight of wild turkeys in a summer field can be among a day’s small delights for both hunters and wildlife watchers in the Southern Tier. The New Y...

ALLEGANY — Nearly 11 months after seizing almost 300 reptiles and turtles from a home on Union Street, the state Department of Environmental Conservat...

WARBA, Minn. — In a dense forest of young alder, aspen and maple trees north of town, Debbie Petersen hollered for her dog, Riley, to slow down. She d...