zoology

ANGELICA — Young 4-H and FFA members were lauded Wednesday at the Youth Dairy Show for their hard work in training dairy animals for exhibition at the...

LITTLE VALLEY — An off-duty Salamanca police officer shot and killed a loose dog on her property last week, a move criticized by some community member...

RED HOUSE — Nearly everyone has seen fireflies in their backyards or in the fields in the summer months. Imagine a lot of fireflies firing up their la...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A nonprofit devoted to protecting jaguars believes one that was spotted in Arizona mountains in recent years has since died. Tucs...

HANCOCK (AP) — An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine — the rattle of a venomous ...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department’s shooting and killing of a loose dog has set off a public debate about whether officers were justified in their a...

In the absolute blackness of predawn, the unseen world is as silent as thought, the sun, but a dream and the modern world we live in an illusion. What...

For those of us living in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, spring bird migration is pretty much over by the time the fireflies begin appearing over ...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department shot a dog Friday morning after responding to a report of a dog running at large. Olean police received a call fro...

Squeals, growls, rustling leaves — all the commotion grabbed my attention and I stopped to listen. It was the middle of spring gobbler season a few ye...

I don’t know why I sign the HIPAA papers on medical privacy and security. I’m going to tell everybody my personal stories anyway! I was recently ponde...

It’s that time of year when water-loving dogs eagerly plunge into ponds and lakes of the Twin Tiers in pursuit of tossed balls or sticks. But the New ...

OLEAN — City officials and those interested in neutering feral cats both said this week they want to move ahead on a trap-neuter-release program in th...

RED HOUSE — Two Erie County naturalists took their podcast to the 60th annual Allegany Nature Pilgrimage in Allegany State Park this weekend. Bill Mic...

OLEAN — The number of reported Lyme disease cases is on the rise in Cattaraugus County, said Public Health Director Dr. Kevin Watkins as he reviewed n...

The Allegany Nature Pilgrimage marks its 60th year in Allegany State Park this Friday through Sunday. Centered at Camp Allegany on the Red House side ...

When I read in the Olean Times Herald that three successive wet springs meant fewer wild turkeys — and presumably fewer turkey hunters — I started pla...

ALBANY (AP) — New York state officials are proposing new actions and regulatory changes to prevent a deadly brain disease from infecting the state's d...