NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, May 19th, the Foundation for Landscape Studies will host its Fourth Annual Awards Luncheon at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. Jack Lenor Larsen, creator of LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton and a former awardee, is honorary chairman.

NEW YORK - An invasive type of beetle has been found for the first time on Staten Island, where it could kill hardwood trees and threaten the local ecosystem, parks officials said Tuesday.

Weeks after Hal the coyote attracted national attention with his adventures in Central Park, another one of the animals was spotted in a Bronx park on Tuesday and was given a much more formal name: Jacob Van Cortlandt.

A coyote that came to New York to dine on duck in Central Park was caught on Wednesday after leading police and park rangers on a two-day chase.

A wily coyote led sharpshooters armed with tranquilizer guns on a merry chase through Central Park for two days before it was finally captured Wednesday morning.