vertebrate zoology

Among birders there’s something called “chasing a bird.” As I’ve written before, chasing a bird involves a birder learning of a rare or unusual bird —...

With spring in full swing and young animals more visible, state wildlife officials remind New Yorkers to appreciate wildlife from a safe distance and ...

Share in the joy of birds during the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and help make your community stronger for you and the birds. The 28th ann...

Our long winter nights are the perfect time for me to sort through thousands of images of people, places and wildlife that I’ve collected since gettin...

LAKE GEORGE (TNS) — The New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the Lake George Park Commission are teaming up to track double-crested c...

OLEAN — The Allegheny River Valley Aquarium Society (ARVAS) will host its annual Tropical Fish, Aquatic Plants and Aquarium Supplies Auction Oct. 13 a...

If you know anything about Oswego, New York, you know that its winters can be brutal — even by Upstate New York standards. Located on the very shoreli...

The canoe drifted around a corner of tall reeds surprising a great blue heron only 20 yards away. With an annoyed, raspy “Rauck!,” the great bird spra...

If one thing has changed about the way that I travel by car, it’s my degree of planning. Until quite recently, I’d identify my destination and the rou...