There's nothing quite like one or two of these sharp predators to keep the local rodent population down, and so those wood mice and their foreign cousins, the recently arrived bank vole and greater ...

Snow. While it’s still early in the winter, here in Chautauqua County we are already feeling the freeze. The world has been ...

Snow. While it’s still early in the winter, here in Chautauqua County we are already feeling the freeze. The world has been ...

Nestled on the edge of the Norfolk Brecks, where the land meets the wide-open fenlands, is Oxburgh Estate, including the hall ...

When you envision a black bear, you may picture our state’s second largest mammal as being a big, meat-eating killer. Technically, black bears are omnivores. Omnivores eat plants and animals. But did ...

Winter may seem quiet and uneventful, but for many animals, it is one of the most active and dynamic times of the year. While many species retreat into hibernation or head south, a surprising number ...

“Shrews have adapted incredible mechanisms for survival,” she said. They’re even equipped with scent glands on their sides that emit a “repulsive odor” to repel many predators, she added. A cat, ...

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What is it about William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” that attracts progressive, feminist directors who hope to tame its inherently violent sexism and then spend their entire show fighting ...

What can be learned from a shrew — the tiny, furry, high-strung creature that needs to eat the equivalent of its body weight in food every day to survive? More than you might expect, including ...

A new UC Berkeley study finds that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding, and ...