biology

A Cornell University plant breeder has developed an unusual tomato — with yellow flesh and an oblong shape that prompted its fans to name it “Yellow S...

NEW YORK (TNS) — What does it mean that scientists found 240,000 million nanoparticles of plastic in a typical bottle of water? The number is big and ...

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. The Red C...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining since the 1990s, with honey producers and scientists unsure why, but a new study b...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation encourages New Yorkers to review and comment on the development of proposed regulations th...

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardener Program is planning two free upcoming classes in recognition of National Bird-Fe...

With the holiday season over, the city of Olean Department of Public Works will be picking up Christmas trees from the curbside. No artificial trees w...

NEW YORK (TNS) — 2023 had barely begun when scientists got some jolting news. On Jan. 4, a paper appeared in Nature claiming that disruptive scientifi...

LITTLE VALLEY — Just in time for the new year, Bradley Poole is set to open the doors of his second Warrior Fitness & Wellness facility at 214 Main St...

Political correctness 2.0 has arrived in birding and depending on your perspective, that’s a good thing — or not. For birders who have tackled the cha...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — It would take a hard-hearted person — especially one who is pro-life — to look at the plight of Kate Cox with no sympathy wh...

ELDRED, Pa. — Hero, an explosives detection specialist with the U.S. Army, now retired, was seriously injured during his fourth tour in Afghanistan in...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Wind power may be having a difficult year, but it’s still many times cheaper than oil or gas and remains a core piece of the energy-t...

ITHACA — Preparing for firearms hunting season for white-tailed deer, Brian Bird visited a shooting range recently to sight in his rifle — recommended...

Olean General Hospital is bringing some holiday cheer to the patients who cannot be home with their families for the Thanksgiving holiday. For those w...

Storm clouds over the Oklahoma prairie. If people ask me when I got started in birding, I first explain that I distinguish between watching birds at a...

Nov. 18 marked the opening day of the traditional gun season for whitetail deer and black bear in New York state, an annual rite for many hunting fami...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Two members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford faculty received recent awards, while others presented and published papers an...