Tag: animals

There’s a particular corner near the Pinetum in Central Park with a hot dog stand that I enjoy visiting.

Photographers caught amazing photos of hawks in Riverside and Central Parks in recent days. The first three, of a Cooper's Hawk in Riverside Park, were shot

A squirrel outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine binged Thursday on one of the great human inventions: an Oreo cookie.

“Excuse me sir!” Nothing shocks you back to reality quite like a stranger shouting those three words at you, but, hey, maybe he’s got good news?

At Atria 86, an independent and assisted living apartment building for seniors on West 86th Street, residents spend time

On October 10, 2018, I heard the first reports of an exotic duck in my backyard thanks to a tweet from Manhattan Bird Alert.

We received the following notice from a reader on Friday night about her cat Cheddar Pie.

Pizza Rat was a hero to New Yorkers, but pizza rat now lives in Hoboken after writing one of those sad "Why I Left New York" columns. In his place

Dogs are barking, people are yelling and neighbors are complaining in an ongoing battle between residents and SPOT Canine Club

A mama duck was having some problems with her GPS on Saturday and nearly guided the family onto Riverside Drive.

A class of small, chattering children was walking in the West 80s, just off Central Park West, one recent afternoon, when the teacher

Adrenaline is running high among amateur ornithologists as dozens of species of migratory birds make their annual pit stops in Central Park.

A Harbor Seal was spotted near 90th Street on the rocks next to the Hudson River on Thursday. Jane Kenney, who took the photo above, told us the seal appeared to be dead.

Steven Stark, the owner of Beacon Hardware on Amsterdam Avenue and 78th Street just added a new member to his team -- a four-month-old puppy named Dinah.

The dog shown above was found tied up outside Magnolia Bakery on Columbus Avenue and 69th Street on Saturday night and handed over

A local vet is raising awareness about a bacterial disease called Leptospirosis, which has been spreading and infecting dogs on the Upper West Side.

A hawk stopped by Karen Luerssen's porch at Lincoln Towers on Wednesday, and spent some time surveying the area, she said.

A popular dog run is expected to get an upgrade that will keep massive puddles from forming when it rains, and create a new protected area for small dogs.

This cat has been roaming around the buildings near the Fairway on 74th and Broadway for the past few days, a neighbor tells us.

Roxanna Sherwood was at work on Tuesday morning when she got this text.