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Volunteers representing local nature preservation groups are teaming up this spring to get the word out about the New York state Tick Blitz and to col...

The SPCA in Cattaraugus County continues to demonstrate its commitment to animal welfare as well as community well-being through its Trap-Neuter-Vacci...

With spring upon us, hungry black bears are roaming and looking for food after their long winter inactivity. Folks are reminded to remove or secure ou...

A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation's largest egg produc...

New Yorkers are reminded to take action to protect migrating birds as they navigate night skies by participating in the Lights Out initiative. Joining...

ITHACA — Cornell University virology experts are sequencing the bird flu virus that struck cows in the Texas panhandle last month, after work at Corne...

State conservation officials will host a public meeting about the Lake Erie and Upper Niagara River fisheries 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 24 at Woodlawn B...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Before we have an anti-aging drug for humans, we’re likely to have one for dogs. Multiple clinical trials are currently underway to t...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University senior Nishtha Tripathi of Austin, Texas, is among 31 undergraduate students nationwide who were accepted...

Successful trout fisherman have one trait in common, they are able to make decisions which enable them to catch trout over a wide variety of circumsta...

There’s something about watching two humongous monsters duking it out like a couple of MMA fighters that pleases our primal lizard brains like nothing...

It won’t be long before the dedicated leek hunters and diggers will start presenting recycled butter or cottage cheese containers filled with leek dip...

CUBA — "CRCS Outdoors" is back for a 13th season with an array of televised adventures, from sturgeon fishing on the Snake River in Idaho to hunting r...

GENEVA — As the climate changes, winter is shortening, causing vines and trees to bud earlier in the year, thereby increasing the chances they will be...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a free workshop on perennial gardening 10 to 11 a.m. April 13 at Tinkertown Hardware Store, 833 Rout...

CUBA — Cornell Cooperative Extension is planning a gardening class series at Cuba Library. The benefits of gardening and landscaping are well known, b...

OLEAN — The League of Women Voters of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties hope about 50 people who walked for equality in Olean will take the message th...

It’s a known fact that the length of days, position of the sun, moon, stars, barometric pressure and perhaps other influences strongly influence the n...