This week's "Take the 5" podcast episode is all about the pets and animals of New York City. We recorded the episode on ...

One firefighter was killed while battling a fire in Passaic County, one of more than 40 reports of brush fires in New Jersey alone on Saturday.

DEC launches investigation after controversial seizure of P-Nut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon New York State ...

Officials face backlash over the handling of Peanut the squirrel's case, with calls for transparency from local lawmakers.

However, these extraordinary animals are endangered or have an endangered subspecies ... A fixture of avant-garde theatre in ...

The seizure and euthanasia of a pet squirrel and raccoon in New York have sparked a massive backlash against the state's ...

The animals have not been used as test subjects since 2015, when the NIH retired chimpanzees from invasive research.

The union that represents New York State's Environmental Conservation Officers is speaking out Friday, calling for a "calm" ...

The quality of New York’s drinking water—and the complex system that delivers it to each New Yorker’s tap—has long been a ...

Some consider the resulting meat — known as Hákarl by Greenlanders — a delicacy. “Apparently it tastes like a very ripe ...

The state is probing how its agents bungled the hours-long raid on an upstate New York home that led to the death of internet ...

serves as a prime example of an invasive species that has become a naturalized citizen. How did this illegal alien become ...