zoology

DETROIT (TNS) — As researchers continue to observe the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on humans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is studying i...

A recent survey on the research-based website StudyFinds.org showed nearly one-third of all participants listed autumn as their favorite season The sl...

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...

Nature conservation organizations in the region are encouraging residents to join them in following the recommendation of the U.S. Geological Survey t...

BELMONT — The phone is already ringing off the hook at the SPCA serving Allegany County as they get ready to host the second SPCA Yard Sale from 10 a....

OSWEGO (TNS) — Four piping plover chicks have hatched at Sandy Island Beach State Park in Oswego County, marking the second time this summer that a pa...

Have you seen a moose in New York state this year? If so, the Department of Environmental Conservation wants to know about it. Once again the agency i...

A memo just arrived from longtime volunteer Lila Ervay that reads, “Since Covid, our volunteer base has declined significantly, yet all the daily duti...

As I stepped out on the back deck to refill the bird feeders on a cool morning, as if on cue, a deer started snorting loudly and furiously from its sh...

CUBA — Sign up for Summer Reading at the Cuba Circulating Library, which runs from July 5 through Aug.14. The theme for the summer is “Tails & Tales,”...

The human animal has a very real need for socialization. We all have strengths and weaknesses, struggle in various regards with so many things, find o...

WELLSVILLE — What and where is the WAG Trail? Stretching between Wellsville and Genesee, Pa., the WAG Trail is a multi-use, recreational trail perfect...

CASTILE (AP) — A specialized police ropes team went down into the Letchworth State Park gorge to rescue a dog with a broken leg, state park police sai...

The alarm blared and I turned wearily over. Was it 4 a.m. already? I’d just gotten to bed it seemed and I had a nap the previous day. Yet, I didn’t fe...

Chronic wasting disease has been found in a deer for the first time in northwestern Pennsylvania. The state Department of Agriculture announced this w...

When examining a map of the US Northeastern Seaboard, I find it very interesting. One can’t help but notice the cluster of smaller-sized, irregularly ...

New Yorkers are reminded that turtles are on the move in the months of May and June, and state Department of Environmental Conservation officials are ...

It’s spring gobbler season once again. Good grief. It’s a fact few spring turkey hunters make it through the entire season without missing many mornin...