Our system of state game lands owned by Pennsylvania Game Commission is a remarkable concept that has benefitted the wildlife and citizens of our state for nearly 100 years. Now comprising more than 1.5 million acres, the primary purpose of these state game lands is wildlife habitat ...
She’s a Grammy Award-winning international superstar, and now, Taylor Swift is also a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science. Sarah Schroeder, a UC Riverside doctoral student in entomology, hopes that by naming these insects after the singer, ...
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will meet on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Game Commission’s Harrisburg headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave. This meeting is one day only and will begin at 8:30 a.m. with public comments. Those wishing to speak may register beginning at 7:45 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Speakers will be called in the order in which they registered. Public comments offered at board meetings are limited to five minutes. PowerPoint presentations are not permitted. Following the conclusion of public comment, the board will take up its regular ...
On a recent canoe trip to the remote upper reaches of the Narraguagus River, Ellie Mason saw prime Atlantic salmon habitat everywhere. Though small, the river and its tributaries are some of the wildest in Maine, largely undeveloped and surrounded by forest. There are shady refuges for fish ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The plot of “Finding Nemo,” a film that features an overprotective single father fish taking on dangers at sea to care for his son, may be more reflective of actual fish dad behavior than was previously known. A new study led by a scientist at Penn State found that baby ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of the ...
