botany

Perhaps the most entertaining aspects of spring gobbler season involve the neverending series of mistakes my friends and I make every spring. This yea...

Mothers — birth mothers and anyone who gives care, love and guidance to a child — are the glue that keep families, neighborhoods and communities going...

OLEAN — Mayor Bill Aiello said that the city’s Front Street yard, near the intersection of Seneca Avenue, will be open for residents to dispose of yar...

OLEAN — A state-backed effort to manage trees in the city will begin May 19, city officials reported. Tree Inventory and Community Forest Management P...

Jordan D. McLaughlin of Olean successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical and professional military training and will formally...

Caring for plants yields more than beautiful flowers and tasty produce. As they plan, dig, prune and harvest, gardeners are cultivating better physica...

When one envisions a U.S National Park, their thoughts may take them west to Yosemite in California; Yellowstone in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho; or Roc...

The City of Olean and the Olean Public Library are planning environmentally-friendly activities involving trees this month. Mayor Bill Aiello says tha...

PORTVILLE — Mother Nature was brilliant when she planned her flower gardens as she created a large variety of species that would bloom at different ti...

OLEAN — During April, the Olean Area Charter for Compassion will be celebrating Golden Rule Day and Earth Day, in partnership with the Olean Public Li...

PORTVILLE – While most people are still recovering from Easter goodies and are looking forward to springtime, the folks at Pfeiffer Nature Center are ...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County’s Horticulture Program is conducting a Zoom presentation, Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers, led...

I opened an old journal from 18 years ago and read. Suddenly, my eyes were filled with tears as poignant memories returned so powerfully. I’ll share t...

SCIO — Environmental science students at Scio Central School are looking forward to reaping their reward after placing 10 taps in maple trees near the...

Some bad news for spring allergy sufferers: Allergy season brought on by airborne pollen starts about 20 days sooner and lasts about nine days longer ...

Now that the snow has melted, it’s time to get out of that stuffy house and breathe in some fresh air. What better way to escape than with an adventur...

In the Andean upland of Colombia there lies an antique town. It is, I think, the apotheosis of the preservationist’s art, for it is real only in the s...

PORTVILLE — Sprague’s Maple Farms celebrates its 20th year on Sunday and to mark the occasion, owners Randy and Toni Sprague commissioned a 20th anniv...