DEAR JOAN: I was wondering if you could identify a critter in my yard. Is it a rat or an opossum? I’ve seen rats in our yard before, but none that look like this. It doesn’t run away like a rat would, ...

NEW YORK — A suspicious passenger of the four-legged variety led to the evacuation of a New York City subway car. Startled riders aboard a Manhattan-bound train spotted an opossum curled up underneath ...

NEW ORLEANS — Imagine waking up next to a wild animal, well that's what a New Orleans woman says happened to her. The New Orleans East resident says this week she woke up to find a rodent in bed with ...

Opossum oppressed southern Brooklyn continues to blame City Hall for an ill-conceived rat-eradication scheme — but the mayor and even the governor say the whole thing is a figment of a ...

The New York Mets were the talk of the baseball world on Friday night, and it had nothing to do with their 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in extra innings and everything to do with a common New ...