Monkey Island in Olcott Park was once home to lively monkeys and exotic animals, captivating locals until its closing in 1964 due to care challenges and public expectations.

Get ready for a little Christmas in July: There’s a new baby blue pool in Yellowstone National Park, and science suggests it started forming on the winter holiday.

Public access to the island only began in recent years. In 2021, the city parks department took over management of the site ...

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...