Their failed scheme killed several internationally protected birds. Authorities recover disturbing evidence after failed ...

A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. The animals arrived in New Jersey on New Year's Eve ...

One of the clearest examples of the accelerating takeover is in Cabo Rojo, a wildlife refuge along Puerto Rico’s southwestern ...

What is the Puerto Rican crested toad? The Puerto Rican crested toad is the only toad species native to Puerto Rico. Named for the bony crests above its large, golden eyes, this toad is also ...

The Iowa man previously named as a person of interest in the disappearance of missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki faced ...

U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents raided a well-known Dominican community in a nod to a new policy of U.S.

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, once seen as a safe haven for illegal migrants, has seen ICE raids at an increasing pace ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today agreed to decide this summer whether to protect the Puerto Rico harlequin ...

The Sato Project and Wings of Rescue teamed up to fly 133 animals to new homes in the northeastern U.S. on Dec. 28 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied endangered status for the Florida manatee and proposed to protect the Antillean manatee of Puerto Rico as endangered. A 2022 ...

Since the 1970s, populations of arthropods—a group of animals that includes exoskeleton-bearing critters such as insects, spiders, centipedes, and millipedes—in the Puerto Rican rainforest have ...

Erbe for the District of Puerto Rico. Recently, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) rescued 57 songbirds following a year-long investigation in South Florida. Find more ...