zoology

We all flatter ourselves, I believe, that we are constantly improving — or at the least not regressing when it comes to knowledge and enlightenment. L...

OLEAN — Dozens of families weren’t drawn to the Fairfield Inn Sunday looking for rooms, they were looking for some of that holiday spirit. The 18th an...

BATH — The Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program has named Alycia Drwencke as a dairy management...

It was the second week of buck season and the great majority of hunters were back at work. The odds were those remaining would be sitting in a stand. ...

MINNEAPOLIS (TNS) — Itasca County encompasses nearly 3,000 square miles. How many ruffed grouse exist within its borders is anyone’s guess — literally...

We all know what it’s like to have a dog in Olean. Many have a fenced back yard so their pooch can roam around their own territory, sometimes with a d...

Far and away the question that I get most from readers is, “Where are my feeder birds?” Or, put another way, “Why aren’t birds coming to my feeders?” ...

I firmly believe that to really enjoy life it’s wise to plan activities you love to do for the upcoming year. The anticipation of a vacation, visit or...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hunters killed 99 elk during Pennsylvania’s elk hunting seasons this fall, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. That total...

A few weeks ago I was walking in to one of my favorite stretches of the Kinzua Creek in McKean County for a last hurrah in trout fishing. Big browns c...

The early morning stillness was suddenly broken; the thud of hooves and crunch of frosted leaves clearly heard in the still, early morning air. The co...

New York’s regular big game season for deer and bear in the Southern Zone starts Saturday and runs through Dec. 8. The season for early bowhunters, wh...

OLEAN — During a five-day period earlier this week, neighbors on North Seventh Street, and many in the community, tried to help with the rescue of a y...

As I grow a bit older I find myself developing many of the likes and dislikes my grandfather, then my father and uncles, acquired regarding hunting as...

To most people who follow weather events, a Nor’easter is a deep, low-pressure system making its way up the East Coast that dumps large amounts of wet...

OLEAN — The SPCA in Cattaraugus County will host a Fall Open House 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate improvements that have occurred at its head...

JAMESTOWN — A new creature is making its home at Audubon Community Nature Center. Measuring roughly 14 feet from its nose to the tip of its tail, a sp...

In mid-October, the wildlife one most often sees along the Allegheny River Valley Trail are industrious squirrels and chipmunks as they seek and gathe...