Rain, wind don't deter NYC's Leopard hunters
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Hello, kitty! When Mac OS X 10.5 launched at the Fifth Avenue flagship store, it was pouring rain--but that didn't stop fans from waiting in line for a few hours to get it.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.
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LONDON -- As we know, it never rains at Wimbledon. Unless there's some moisture in the neighborhood, in which case they call it "unsettled conditions."
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Paris wasn't looking too hot the other day. Some might say   she had gone to the dogs.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  May 30--HULETTS LANDING -- To a northern map turtle basking in the sun on the Lake George shoreline, that shape moving slowly in the water could just be an old log. Only at the last minute does it become clear -- it's Karen Robbins.
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By Will Elliott  To mow, or not to mow? That was one of the questions continually asked and answered during a "Habitat Day" series of seminars the Western New York Chapter of Pheasants Forever (WNYPF) held at Wilson Conservation Club on Feb. 10.
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Joe Sauers doesn't get too upset when his co-workers call him "Sparky" or whenever they move away from him during a thunderstorm.
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By Sandra Tan, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 20--The Henslow's sparrow prefers to stay hidden. But the threatened species has been found in Lancaster, and its presence has stopped a developer from moving forward with its plan for a major housing development.
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By Matt Russell, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Sep. 20--ST. CHARLES -- It takes Bill Spitzer a good 20 minutes to tell this story.   Before he gets to the frantic foot chase in a small town's main street or the stand-off in a shoe store, however, the longtime St.
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On a hilltop with breathtaking views of New York's skyline, sharpshooters perched in trees took aim Tuesday at white-tailed deer, a species being crowded out of one of the nation's most densely populated areas.
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It was a balmy spring evening in Manhattan. Rockefeller Park teemed with joggers, dog walkers, picnickers, Frisbee throwers &#151; and six women sweating through jumping jacks and park bench push-ups.
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Dozens of weather-beaten New Yorkers have managed to find salvation in curatives as varied as oatmeal, olive oil and pedicures.
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Lions and leopards and Boomer, oh my. David Wells, a former resident of the Bronx Zoo and one of baseball's notable party animals, came away from a three-week African safari with a sense of awe, a rare admission that he was scared and a full stomach.
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For more than a decade, the Fifth Avenue hawks have brought a touch of the wild to Manhattan&#39;s concrete canyons. The raptors that captured the hearts of a city inspired a documentary, a book and reams of newsprint.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's capital has a new most-wanted list, but those being hunted aren't murderers, rapists or thieves. They're litterbugs...
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In the nine months since escaping her travel cage at Kennedy Airport, Vivi the wayward whippet has joined the Central Park coyote, high-rise tiger, Harlem Meer caiman and Molly the fugitive feline in New York's ever-growing pantheon of urban animal legends.
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By Austin Fenner, Daily News, New York  Sep. 19--New York City's drinking water supply is being guarded  around-the-clock against toxic and biological weapons by an unlikely band of  sentinels -- the hardy bluegill fish.