The death of the Instagram-famous pet "Peanut the Squirrel" last year is inspiring new legislation out of Albany.

The DEC advises New Yorkers to avoid feeding or approaching bears, which is dangerous and illegal. Habituated bears can ...

Fisheries personnel from the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation were at the Plattsburgh marina today to ...

A mix of outdoors stories from New York, including information on hunter safety instructor Darwin Roosa being honored by the ...

Friends of the Feathered & Furry Wildlife Center has cared for eight yearling or black bear cubs this winter and spring after ...

The New York DEC is changing the way it manages the walleye fishery in the St. Lawrence River, but not everyone is happy with the overhaul.

New York environmental agents snapped the last photo of P’Nut, who can be seen perched on his hind legs inside a cage – ...

According to the DEC in 1979, volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, gases from solids or liquids, were found in the soil and ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to roll back a series of landmark environmental and clean air regulations.

The New York State Court of Appeals has dismissed Seneca Meadows Inc.’s latest effort to get the town’s Local Law 3-2016 ...

The grieving owner of Peanut the squirrel and his raccoon sidekick, Fred, says the bill will ‘make sure that animal rights ...

Since then, the Westchester County legislator has worked on financing clean water infrastructure projects, expanding ...