entomology

This column is an ode to Taraxacum Officinale , sometimes called blowball, Irish daisy, pee-a-bed or, simply, the common dandelion — that yellow flowe...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators have joined forces with local residents and officials to express concerns to the Maryland Air National Gu...

The final full moon of the winter season is at hand — it actually reached peak illumination at 7:42 a.m. today but will still appear full this evening...

The invasive and potentially destructive spotted lanternfly continues to close in on the western Twin Tiers region. This past week, Pennsylvania added...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Spotted lanternflies don't bite, sting or transmit human diseases. Although considered harmful to some tree species, their degree o...

OTTO — The B Farm of Merrimack Valley Apiaries might be one of Cattaraugus County’s best kept secrets. Its bees have been pollinating the local area a...

When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city official...

ITHACA — The devastating spotted lanternfly’s spread to Upstate and Western New York is not a matter of if, but when, experts say — and Cornell Univer...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While more of us seem to be more accepting of insects — even the stingers and biters if they don’t enter our personal space — summe...

WASHINGTON — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endange...

M.L. Wells — The Upland Gardener — is a volunteer master gardener with the Cornell Cooperative Extension who shares wisdom from time to time: Summer i...

SALAMANCA — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said Monday that spraying for the invasive spongy moth — formerly known as gyp...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The U.S. Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to use additional treatment methods to suppress outbreaks of spongy...

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Proverbs 6:6 Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard biologist who has died at age 92, is most fa...

On Tuesday the Times Herald reported that Cattaraugus County’s contractor for spraying mosquito larvicide over the area had been delayed because of su...

Folks in Olean and along the Allegheny River Valley are used to mosquitoes being a summer nuisance — with some years worse than others. But the summer...

The spotted lanternfly — an invasive, destructive pest with a wide range of hosts including grapes, apples, hops, maple and walnut — has spread to a g...

OLEAN — Area residents’ mosquito complaints to the Cattaraugus County Health Department are on the rise. “We’re getting a lot of complaints about the ...