zoology

In the years since Gary Oeschsle opened his first pet store in Rochester, New York, in 1962, he has learned a lot about reptiles. In fact, about 25 ye...

OLEAN — Buffalo-area feral cat experts hope to show Olean how to deal with its feral cat problems next week. Jamie Lawrence, a co-founder of Catt Coun...

Some cats in the neighborhood can be trouble-makers, doing things like marking territory on your porch. My Lucy has always been a “trouble-finder.” It...

If I had to describe winter birding in one word, it would be “flocks.” In the summer, birds go off on their own to locate suitable nesting territory, ...

Coyotes have long been a part of the landscape in the Twin Tiers, along with the belief that they have some wolf blood in them — a theory stemming fro...

The hunter had been sitting in the tree stand since daylight and hadn’t seen a deer. It was almost 1 p.m. now and cold, hunger and discouragement was ...

Hunting whitetail deer is popular, so it’s no wonder we have so many record books. Many states, maybe most, have record books. Besides states we have ...

Professional photographer Dan Jordan was driving just north of Olean on Saturday when he spotted an American bald eagle, a sight that is more and more...

ALBANY (AP) — State conservation officials say hunters in New York have killed about the same number of deer as last year at this point in the hunting...

A former longtime newsman at the Olean Times Herald, Tom Donahue of Cuba, dropped a greeting Thursday, as well as a story for State & Union. Tom write...

Grouse! One of the great upland game birds, grouse have enjoyed tormenting me all my life. I was just a little boy when my father and I were tromping ...

It’s the dreams that keep you going. Surely it isn’t the expense, scouting, target practice, getting back in shape or simply attempting to put up your...

I wasn’t sure I was going to participate in handing out Halloween candy Tuesday night until about an hour before the designated trick or treating hour...

OLEAN — Two dogs have eluded both police and the SPCA in Olean over the last few days. Olean police first received a report approximately 5:30 p.m. Tu...

The sun beamed brightly, a gentle breeze fanned the few sparse gold and red leaves still on the trees. The November temperature was already nearing 70...

Would you shoot a genetically inferior deer? When hunters talk about genetics in whitetail deer, we’re almost always talking about antlers. So maybe y...

ALBANY (AP) — New York environmental officials say hunters still have a chance to apply for antlerless deer permits in parts of the state. The state D...

Oct. 29 will mark the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy making landfall at Brigantine, N.J., where it tore up the Atlantic seaboard as a post-trop...