zoology

More than anything else, you are an ambassador for hunting. Remember that. It’s more important than your famous name, than the dozens of trophy heads ...

Bald eagles are on the move in New York, state officials said, with record numbers of the national animal now living in the state. “Early indications ...

Today marks the 45th year that Father’s Day has officially been observed in the United States. President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation in 1972 m...

J ust as he did exactly the same day last year, Matt Mosher of Richburg shared with us his photo of two fledgling American bald eagles perched at thei...

The parking spot looked the same except for the fully leafed overhanging trees. Stepping from the car I was suddenly vividly aware of a totally differ...

If you feel like spring came and went a little too quickly this year, you’re not alone. I was left wondering what happened to our waves of thru-migran...

Imagine you’re out to dinner with friends at a popular local spot. Everyone is talking and laughing around you but you’re having a hard time understan...

OLEAN — The city and the SPCA in Cattaraugus County have reached a new agreement to maintain dog control services, but the shelter will no longer be p...

OLEAN — Calls came to the Olean Police Department on Friday of two loose pit bull mixed breed dogs in the Oak Hill neighborhood. But as the city had n...

Dave Forney, a good friend of State & Union, dropped by a few days ago and was musing about the final shows of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bail...

While volunteering at the SPCA in Cattaraugus County, Mikayla King, her sisters and mother, Sandy King, saw a real need for the shelter dogs to go out...

For more than 55 years, Lon Myers’ internal compass has pointed him to Allegany State Park on the first weekend in June. Myers and some 600 other natu...

OLEAN — Thelma Burchard is a woman who has herded cattle, made airplane parts during World War II, lived on both sides of the country for decades at a...

CASTILE — Using old-fashioned rope rescue skills and a high-tech drone, the New York State Park Police rescued a lost dog who was trapped about halfwa...

Each week the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation puts out a press item titled “Environmental Conservation Officer Highlights,” in...

There is a drawer in my gun room I can almost shut. It’s filled to capacity with various types, makes and models of turkey calls. I couldn’t ever use ...

Years ago I carried a big jake into a local sporting goods store on May 15 to have him weighed. As he pulled the scale down to 15¼ pounds, the store o...

The chill air made me fumble for my coat exiting the vehicle. I slipped on my vest, grabbed the shotgun and waited a second as my eyes adjusted to the...