wildlife

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

Cornell University ecologists and colleagues have developed a new model that captures the abundance of wildlife species in a region and offers new ins...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public input on the draft list of “species of greatest conservation need” and a...

While squirrel hunting season has been open since Sept. 1 in New York state, opportunities to hunt more small game species are coming up in the Southe...

The action is heating up on Northcentral Pennsylvania’s elk range, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission invites people everywhere to view it in real t...

NEW YORK (TNS) — It’s routine practice for government officials to kill animals deemed invasive or destructive. For the most part, Americans accept th...

New York hunting and trapping licenses and deer management permits for the 2024-25 season are on sale, with distribution kicking off the first time th...

Lakes Country is beautiful at all time so the year, but the changing colors of leaves in autumn make for a particularly unique and spectacular show. H...

An oral wildlife rabies vaccine will be dropped by airplane over 10 northern Cattaraugus County towns as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

PORTVILLE — The power of native plants workshop will be held April 23 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Portville Free Library, 2 N. Main St. Have you ev...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants New Yorkers to be aware of potential conflicts between people and coyotes to protect the publ...

OLEAN — The Olean Public Library is hosting Hawk Creek Wildlife Center for a program today at 2 p.m. Families with children of all ages are invited to...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has transferred 532 acres of forestland along the Clarion River in Elk County to the U.S. Fores...

Just when it seems we’re getting into the deepest part of the winter, signs of spring begin to emerge if we look closely or listen carefully. One of t...

It’s fitting that the full moon for January will appear in tonight’s sky under the kind of conditions that made Native Americans and early European co...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials are withdrawing proposed protections for the snow-loving wolverine after determining the rare and elusi...

ALBANY — The online hunter education course that was first available in April when all in-person hunter education courses had to be canceled due to CO...

One thing about the Twin Tiers region — there’s always something to see in nature, from beautiful scenery to interesting wildlife. The Olean Times Her...