zoology

My sister and niece have two little dogs at their house. Pixie and Pebbles are easily excitable, and I have often thought of them as “yappers.” They b...

(TNS) Working remotely during the stay-at-home order, Kelly Sorfleet moved from the city to her parents’ cottage in Michigan. Her loneliness led her t...

LAKE PLACID (AP) — A black bear has been euthanized after it repeatedly raided backpackers’ campsites in the Adirondack High Peaks seeking food, accor...

Some simple bike-trail safety etiquette during COVID-19 pandemic: Remain on the right side of the trail in the direction you are walking. Pay attentio...

I was getting a little bored. Spring gobbler was over, my week vacation in Rhode Island had ended and I’d been fishing and fishing and fishing. Someth...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Asian giant hornets, which picked up the name “murder hornets” when they made headlines across the U.S. earlier this year, are pr...

(Editor’s Note: Local professional photographer and eagle expert Dan Jordan shares his photographs of and experiences with American bald eagles in Wes...

Editor’s Note: Local professional photographer and American bald eagle enthusiast Dan Jordan shares his photographs of and experiences with eagles in ...

BUFFALO — Canisius College has named the following local residents to the spring 2020 dean’s list and merit list, including:

FRIENDSHIP — Wes and Kathy Sortore of Friendship had always loved and owned dogs, but hadn’t decided to train them for a worthwhile cause until one of...

OLEAN — We’re lucky to live in an area where there are so many people who love animals and treat them kindly. Megan Mahoney goes above and beyond in h...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Local professional photographer Dan Jordan is sharing his photographs of — and experiences with — American bald eagles in Western New Y...

This has been an unusual spring. Being in the woods every day for the last six weeks scouting and hunting gobblers, I gradually became aware of subtle...

Bats have had a PR problem for millennia. They have been maligned as omens of evil, carriers of disease and many people just simply fear or hate them....

Turkey hunting is a time-consuming and often difficult sport. This year has been especially frustrating since birds I know are in the general vicinity...

ALBANY (TNS) — As if COVID-19 wasn’t enough to worry about, now we’ve got giant hornets with poisonous venom and eyes that look like something out of ...

Jim Eckstrom, editor of the Olean Times Herald, wrote a column last fall about seeing river otters in the Allegheny National Forest while fishing the ...

Dogs and cats — as well as livestock — appear to have little to fear from the coronavirus pandemic. While the outbreak is believed to have started whe...