zoology

ALBANY (TNS) — Though Lyme disease has historically been blamed upon the overabundant white-tailed deer that host so-called deer ticks, a much smaller...

The way the SPCA in Cattaraugus County shelter is configured, all the dogs have an outside dog run, and the cats have big “cat rooms” where they are f...

As I’ve said here before, May is the month that many of us look forward to all year. The reason is that, generally speaking, May is when our most colo...

As I think back over the years, I find it easy, like the great majority of us, to remember opportunities lost, poor decisions made, relationships that...

You’d fallen exhausted into bed the night before. After getting up at 4 a.m., experiencing another fruitless hunt, then working all day, you came home...

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...

ALBANY (TNS) — Don’t hold your breath awaiting the emergency of billions of cicadas in New York later this spring. Despite the hype surrounding the ma...

In a comeback story for the ages, the U.S. bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has quadrupled in the last 12 years. At its most endangered po...

Hunters in Cattaraugus County took 47 black bears in 2020, five fewer than the year before, according to a state Department of Environmental Conservat...

The sun was pushing its way over the far eastern fringe of trees, the sky around it a bright yellow gold, silhouetting the trees in coal black relief ...

OLEAN — From May to December, the Olean Pet Food Pantry, located within the Olean Food Pantry, distributed more than 12,000 pounds of pet food for dog...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Grizzly bears are slowly expanding the turf where they roam in parts of the northern Rocky Mountains but need continued protect...

As construction continues for the Walkable Olean Phase II project, a temporary traffic signal will be set up Monday to moderate two-way traffic on Mai...

BENEZETTE, Pa. — In rural Elk County, a mile from the $12 million Elk Country Visitors Center, a small herd of elk munched grass beside a new coffee s...

The robins are back. Daylight Saving Time makes for longer periods of sun. The first official day of spring is Saturday, March 20. It shouldn’t be too...

NEW YORK — Could the French bulldog become America’s favorite purebred pooch? After riding a rocket ship to popularity over the last quarter-century, ...

I have had a cat in or around my house since the late 1970s. Except for brief periods, feline companions have been a big part of my life and I dare sa...

This is to all the dog owners in Olean: Leash your dogs. Clean up your dog’s poop. I am tired of ending my walk early with my own dog or having to re-...