The scene attracted about 20 curious onlookers who watched the response from city police and state conservation officers.

Here's a scene out of sketch comedy: A zookeeper dresses up as a gorilla and pretends to escape as part of a training drill, then gets shot by a tranquilizer dart when a vet mistakes the primate ...

Re “The SDPD’s freeway fiasco” (Dec. 12): It seems to me that the proper response to someone threatening to jump onto a freeway should be to:1) Get the cushion into position.2) Tell the potential ...

In a bear-y unusual start to a Tuesday, a bear has been spotted hanging out in a tree in Albany.

A black bear roamed through the Hudson Valley village of Pleasantville on Oct. 5, ignoring intial attempts by authorities to shoo it away from the highly populated area. Pleasantville police requested ...

Climbing higher didn't help a bear escape Tuesday morning. After being hit by a dart, a bear that closed streets in Albany, ...