Honey's story is one of many told in a recent Newsday investigation of the Holtsville institution, a disturbing analysis that ...

The second half of the year was historically consequential, a political season like no other. But it was also painfully stupid.

Young hunter Hudson Edgar’s encounter with a massive black bear in North Carolina could land him in the Boone and Crockett ...

Black bears may not go into hibernation the way some expect, but they do get "bear-y" sleepy, according to Zoo Knoxville. The ...

Black bears are in their winter dens in North Carolina and could be closer than you think. “When people think of dens, they always think of caves,” said Justin McVey, a ...

The NC Wildlife Resources Commission is advising the public that black bears are in their winter homes. Bears choose to den ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission advises the public that black bears in North Carolina are in their “winter homes” which could be anything from a pile of brush, a hollowed-out ...

A national monument gets squeezed and stretched and squeezed again.

A New York appellate court on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump's bid to halt sentencing set for Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn ...

Ukraine's air force says one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots shot down six missiles during a Russian aerial attack last month. Meanwhile, Moscow says its troops have inflicted a series of defeats ...

The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly 18,000 schools were ranked on six factors based on ...

Scientists consider the Lord Howe Island stick insect, often called the "tree lobster," the world’s rarest insect. It was thought extinct after black rats coming ashore from the SS Makambo in 1918 ...